Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation is in Ballwin, Missouri. The city has 92,608 people. Sporting an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly an impressive nursing home. This grade is better than the city grade of B+ in Ballwin, which is also an impressive grade. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades 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 risks to patient safety. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a patient even once per day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.93617 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final area, we awarded this nursing home an A for our short-term care rating. This topped off a very favorable report card. Our short-term care grades are crucial for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 4.19% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 88.53% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of 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
In Ballwin Ridge Health & Rehabilitation, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Ballwin, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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 7.7 miles away2345 Dougherty Ferry Road Saint Louis Missouri 63122Proprietary(314) 966-9100
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- Missouri Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.68 miles away3015 N Ballas Rd Saint Louis Missouri 63131Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-5000
- Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.81 miles away12634 Olive Boulevard Saint Louis Missouri 63141Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-8000
- Mercy Hospital SouthAcute Care Hospitals 11.76 miles away10010 Kennerly Road Saint Louis Missouri 63128Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 525-1000
- Progress West HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.56 miles away2 Progress Point Pkwy O Fallon Missouri 63368Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 344-1000
- Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisAcute Care Hospitals 15.95 miles away12303 Depaul Drive Bridgeton Missouri 63044Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 344-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Ellisville Dialysis Center3.18 miles away257 Clarkson Road Ballwin Missouri 63011CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 207-7401
- Eureka Dialysis Center4.58 miles away419 Meramec Blvd Eureka Missouri 63025Dialysis Stations: 12 (636) 587-2063
- Bowles Avenue Dialysis6.49 miles away1011 Bowles Avenue Suite 210 Fenton Missouri 63026Dialysis Stations: 14 (636) 326-7130
- Fenton Dialysis Center6.7 miles away850 Horan Dr. Fenton Missouri 63026Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 305-1144
- Nxstage St Louis, LLC8.03 miles away1076 Old Des Peres Road Saint Louis Missouri 63131Dialysis Stations: 9 (314) 925-2522
- Town and Country West Dialysis8.71 miles away12855 N 40 Drive Suite l4 Saint Louis Missouri 63141Dialysis Stations: 12 (314) 542-0049
- Davita House Springs Dialysis9.67 miles away40 Walters Place House Springs Missouri 63051Dialysis Stations: 20 (636) 375-5270
- Creve Coeur Dialysis Center10.49 miles away1009 Executive Pkwy #100 Saint Louis Missouri 63141CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (314) 434-4770