By DAVE RANNEY
KHI News Service
TOPEKA — A state association that represents frail elders and their caregivers recently released its annual compilation of low- and high-performing assisted living facilities.
“We think it’s important for consumers to have this information,” said Mitzi McFatrich, executive director for Kansas Advocates for Better Care. “It lets people know which facilities are on track, staying on track, and consistently performing well, and which ones are not.”
The lists are limited to the 318 assisted living-type facilities in Kansas that are not attached to a nursing home. They do not include the 102 facilities that are attached to nursing homes.
The high-performing assisted living-type facilities each received zero deficiencies during their last three annual surveys.
The surveys conducted by inspectors with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.
Two years ago, the numbers of deficiencies cited ranged from 0 to 19; last year, 0 to 25.
The 51 well-performing facilities:
• Sterling House II, Abilene
• The Gran Villas, Atchison
• Vintage Park, Baldwin City
• Keen Boarding Care Home, Clay Center
• Assisted Living at Windsor Place, Coffeyville
• The Autumn Place, Columbus
• Sterling House, Derby
• Vintage Place, El Dorado
• Sterling House, Emporia
• Vintage Park, Hiawatha
• Fort Scott Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott
• Franklin House, Fort Scott
• Vintage Park, Fredonia
• Sterling House, Hays
• Vintage Park, Hiawatha
• The Pines, Hiawatha
• Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington
• Vintage Park, Holton
• Glenn Moore Meadows, Holton
• Waldron Place, Hutchinson
• The Gansel House, Independence
• Heartland Haven Home Plus, Inman
• Sterling House, Junction City
• Coopers Home Care #2, Lawrence
• Harmony Adult Care Home, McPherson
• Linnwood Park of Meridan, Meridan
• Vintage Park, Neodesha
• Redbud Plaza Assisted Living, Onaga
• Vintage Park, Osage City
• Vintage Park, Osawatomie
• Village West, Ottawa
• Vintage Park, Ottawa
• The Gables, Overland Park
• Seniorcare Homes Waveny Park, Overland Park
• Vintage Park, Paola
• Guest Home Estates IV, Pittsburg
• Dignity Care Home, Salina
• Shawnee Heartland, Shawnee
• The Sweet Life, Shawnee
• Independent Living, Smith Center
• Clare Bridge, Topeka
• Vintage Park, Wamego
• Mary Martin’s Retirement, Wichita
• Meadowlark Adult Care Home 2, Wichita
• Meadowlark Adult Care Home 3, Wichita
• Meadowlark Adult Care Home 5, Wichita
• Reflection Living, Wichita
• Marjorie’s Home, Wichita
• Caring Hearts for Senior Living, Wichita
• Clare Bridge, Wichita
The facilities on the low-performing list are those that were cited for three or more deficiencies each year for the last three years.
Of the 16 low-performing facilities, 13 were cited for mistreatment, actual harm, and/or causing a resident to be in immediate jeopardy at least once in the last three years. These facilities are listed below in bold.
The low-performing facilities and the number of deficiencies cited during their latest survey:
• Family Care Home, Abilene, 5;
• Sweet Country Homes, Carbondale, 8;
• Diamond View Estates, Dighton, 11;
• Carriage House,Greensburg,3;
• Golden Years Senior Care Home, Hutchinson, 13;
• Shank Home, Lakin, 9;
• The Windsor, Lawrence, 5;
• Miltonvale Manor Res. Care, Miltonvale,3;
• Whispering Pines, Norton, 4;
• Park Meadows Senior Living, Overland Park,10;
• Joy Home, Oxford, 15;
• Legend at Capital Ridge, Topeka, 9;
• Cherished Friends, Wellington, 10;
• Accord Senior Care-Marjorie, Wichita, 13;
• The Homestead, Wichita, 6;
• Chaucer Estates, Wichita, 4.