Bethesda Dilworth is a facility located in Saint Louis, Missouri which has a total of 927,396 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of D. A score in this range generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. This nursing home has very little going for it. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Bethesda Dilworth
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- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Bethesda Dilworth has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we gave it a B- for our inspections rating. This score is better than this place's overall grade. Our inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home averages just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this metric.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded its third best category grade in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category, which is a respectable score. Short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home was awarded a respectable long-term care score of B-. In determining our long-term care scores, we look at the personal care received by a nursing home's residents. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 98.60725 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethesda Dilworth Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bethesda Dilworth, 3.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bethesda Dilworth, 8.36% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bethesda Dilworth, 0.28% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bethesda Dilworth, 1.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bethesda Dilworth, 20.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bethesda Dilworth, 2.09% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bethesda Dilworth, 95.02% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bethesda Dilworth, 17.53% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bethesda Dilworth, 19.02% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bethesda Dilworth, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bethesda Dilworth, 19.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bethesda Dilworth, 10.85% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bethesda Dilworth, 84.35% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for Saint Louis, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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