Bethesda Meadow is a senior living facility located in Ballwin, Missouri, which has a total of 92,608 people. This facility appears to be one of the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade in this range requires very strong scores across the board. This grade is even better than the city grade of B+ in Ballwin, which is also an impressive grade. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Bethesda Meadow
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility has received nearly flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an A in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this nursing home was awarded first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that category. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 44.594597 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, this nursing home was awarded a decent short-term care grade. Although this isn't quite as strong as some of its other category grades, this is truly not the end of the world. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most meaningful for those in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethesda Meadow Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bethesda Meadow, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bethesda Meadow, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bethesda Meadow, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bethesda Meadow, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bethesda Meadow, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bethesda Meadow, 4.19% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bethesda Meadow, 88.53% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bethesda Meadow, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bethesda Meadow, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Bethesda Meadow, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bethesda Meadow, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bethesda Meadow, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bethesda Meadow, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
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
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.89 miles away232 S Woods Mill Rd Chesterfield Missouri 63017Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 434-1500
- Ssm Health St Clare Hospital - FentonAcute Care Hospitals 7.54 miles away1015 Bowles Fenton Missouri 63026Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 496-2000
- St Luke's Des Peres HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.84 miles away2345 Dougherty Ferry Road Saint Louis Missouri 63122Proprietary(314) 966-9100
- Missouri Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.01 miles away3015 N Ballas Rd Saint Louis Missouri 63131Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-5000
- Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.59 miles away12634 Olive Boulevard Saint Louis Missouri 63141Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-8000
- Progress West HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.62 miles away2 Progress Point Pkwy O Fallon Missouri 63368Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 344-1000
- Mercy Hospital SouthAcute Care Hospitals 12.77 miles away10010 Kennerly Road Saint Louis Missouri 63128Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 525-1000
- Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisAcute Care Hospitals 14.53 miles away12303 Depaul Drive Bridgeton Missouri 63044Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 344-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Ellisville Dialysis Center1.3 miles away257 Clarkson Road Ballwin Missouri 63011CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 207-7401
- Eureka Dialysis Center6.34 miles away419 Meramec Blvd Eureka Missouri 63025Dialysis Stations: 12 (636) 587-2063
- Fenton Dialysis Center7.64 miles away850 Horan Dr. Fenton Missouri 63026Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 305-1144
- Bowles Avenue Dialysis7.69 miles away1011 Bowles Avenue Suite 210 Fenton Missouri 63026Dialysis Stations: 14 (636) 326-7130
- Town and Country West Dialysis7.8 miles away12855 N 40 Drive Suite l4 Saint Louis Missouri 63141Dialysis Stations: 12 (314) 542-0049
- Nxstage St Louis, LLC7.81 miles away1076 Old Des Peres Road Saint Louis Missouri 63131Dialysis Stations: 9 (314) 925-2522
- Creve Coeur Dialysis Center9.24 miles away1009 Executive Pkwy #100 Saint Louis Missouri 63141CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (314) 434-4770
- Fmc - Creve Coeur10.04 miles away555 N New Ballas #170 Saint Louis Missouri 63141CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (314) 872-9272