Bentonview Park Health & Rehabilitation

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.

Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Our nursing rating considers a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Missouri in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning patients more frequently.

This facility is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

The next area we graded was long-term care, where this facility received a B. This nursing home ended up being relatively strong in each category we looked at. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 86.111115 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.46 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.