Apple Ridge Care Center is a facility located in Waverly, Missouri, a city with a total of 1,171 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some respectable scores. Based on our assessment, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. The best part of this facility's report card was its exemplary inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Apple Ridge Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall score. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its top-shelf score in long-term care. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with a score of A-. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. The nursing rating considers several factors. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a D for the area of short-term care, rendering this its weakest category. In forming these short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we discovered that this facility offered less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last datapoint 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 discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Apple Ridge Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 4.19% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 88.53% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Apple Ridge Care Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carroll County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.39 miles away1502 North Jefferson Carrollton Missouri 64633Voluntary non-profit - Private(660) 542-1695
- I-70 Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.04 miles away105 Hospital Drive, Building B Sweet Springs Missouri 65351Proprietary(660) 335-4700
- Lafayette Regional Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19.24 miles away1500 State Street Lexington Missouri 64067Proprietary(660) 259-2203
Nearby Dialysis
- Isd - Marshall Renal Center18.24 miles away359 West Morgan Marshall Missouri 65340Dialysis Stations: 8 (660) 886-9080