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Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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50 Meramec Trails Drive,
Ballwin MO 63021

(636) 861-0600

72.5% estimated occupancy 1

Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs is a facility located in Ballwin, Missouri, a city with a population of 92,608 people. We gave this nursing home an overall score of A+, which is world class rating. In fact, this is actually the number one rated facility in the city. This is really as good of a place as you'll find. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Ballwin, Missouri badge

Best Nursing Home in Ballwin, Missouri Awards 2019

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Best Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Ballwin, Missouri badge

Best Nursing Home in Ballwin, Missouri Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2021

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Best Nursing Home in Ballwin, Missouri Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this place an A+ for our inspection category. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. The nursing rating considers numerous factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving patients more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also gave this facility a grade of of A+ for its long-term care grade. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.48485 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

The fourth area we analyzed is short-term care. This first-rate facility also excelled in this category, in which we awarded it an A+. This completed a amazing profile of A+'s. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 1.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 4.55% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 24.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 17.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 92.42% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 6.52% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 8.95% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 8.95% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 8.45% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Lutheran Senior Services at Meramec Bluffs, 96.57% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Ballwin, MO

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Ballwin, Missouri has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • St Luke's Des Peres HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.71 miles away2345 Dougherty Ferry Road Saint Louis Missouri 63122Proprietary(314) 966-9100
  • St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.15 miles away232 S Woods Mill Rd Chesterfield Missouri 63017Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 434-1500
  • Missouri Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.44 miles away3015 N Ballas Rd Saint Louis Missouri 63131Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-5000
  • Mercy Hospital SouthAcute Care Hospitals 8.62 miles away10010 Kennerly Road Saint Louis Missouri 63128Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 525-1000
  • Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.34 miles away12634 Olive Boulevard Saint Louis Missouri 63141Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-8000
  • Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisAcute Care Hospitals 13.15 miles away6420 Clayton Rd Saint Louis Missouri 63117Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 768-8000
  • Progress West HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.46 miles away2 Progress Point Pkwy O Fallon Missouri 63368Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 344-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bowles Avenue Dialysis3.48 miles away1011 Bowles Avenue Suite 210 Fenton Missouri 63026Dialysis Stations: 14 (636) 326-7130
  • Fenton Dialysis Center3.5 miles away850 Horan Dr. Fenton Missouri 63026Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 305-1144
  • Ellisville Dialysis Center4.51 miles away257 Clarkson Road Ballwin Missouri 63011CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 207-7401
  • Nxstage St Louis, LLC5.37 miles away1076 Old Des Peres Road Saint Louis Missouri 63131Dialysis Stations: 9 (314) 925-2522
  • Eureka Dialysis Center6.56 miles away419 Meramec Blvd Eureka Missouri 63025Dialysis Stations: 12 (636) 587-2063
  • Town and Country West Dialysis6.89 miles away12855 N 40 Drive Suite l4 Saint Louis Missouri 63141Dialysis Stations: 12 (314) 542-0049
  • Crestwood Dialysis8 miles away9560 Watson Road Suite A Saint Louis Missouri 63126Dialysis Stations: 12 (314) 842-0322
  • Frontenac Home Dialysis Center8.55 miles away10435 Clayton Rd Suite 201 Saint Louis Missouri 63131Dialysis Stations: 6 (314) 567-0645