Aberdeen Heights
505 Couch Avenue, Saint Louis MO 63122 · (314) 682-4619 · 92.63% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Aberdeen Heights looks like it is one of 50 nursing homes located in Saint Louis, Missouri. This city has more nursing homes compared to most other cities in the country. This facility is one of the most elite nursing homes we looked at. In fact, it was given our most impressive rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as the highest rated facility in Missouri. This also ended up being a very consistent facility with consistent grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 38 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. The nursing grade considers a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility boasts a really impressive 6.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found. In addition to providing high levels of care, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home in Missouri in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of offering very impressive levels of nurse staffing, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.54 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
Another strength for this nursing home is short-term care, where it received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical facility. This is certainly an excellent sign. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Missouri in this area with 62.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Adding another A+ to its profile, we also awarded this nursing home yet another perfect score in the area of inspections. Straight A+'s is something only a handful of nursing homes in Missouri achieved. Our inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aberdeen Heights Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better