Aperion Care Hidden Lake
11728 Hidden Lake Drive, Saint Louis MO 63138 · (314) 355-8833 · 91.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With over 25 nursing homes to choose from having an address in Saint Louis, Missouri, Aperion Care Hidden Lake is one of many choices here. With an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. Keep in mind that Saint Louis received a city grade of B-, so should consider other options in the city as well. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 67 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B for our inspections category. This grade is far better than the facility's overall grade. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area was its long-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's volume of nursing care. This includes a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 91.875 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit below what we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.11 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities based on the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its third most favorable category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area, which is a respectable score. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home and discovered this was this facility's strongest datapoint within this category. It fared well in this area with 59 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at is nursing, was this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this facility a D in that area. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the number of hours nurses commit to residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This facility was above average in two of the areas we considered, with good marks for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are usually good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Hidden Lake Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better