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Birch View Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Rr 2, Box 2215,
Birch Tree MO 65438

(573) 292-3212

77.9% estimated occupancy 1

Birch View Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Birch Tree, Missouri. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road rating. Based on our ratings, there are definitely far worse facilities out there. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area, with an A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat 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

Grade: A-minus

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, it also received a very strong long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded this nursing home a score of A-. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 96.498055 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The third best area we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a C. In computing these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. We were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last measure we considered in this area is the number 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 patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Switching gears to our last category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in nursing. This was the facility's worst category rating. Sadly, this grade pulled down the nursing home's overall grade to some degree. Our nursing rating looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. On top of its below average nursing hours, this facility earned poor scores in many of the quality-based metrics we considered in calculating our nursing scores. We found that a higher percentage of this place's residents sustained falls leading to major injury.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Birch View Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Birch View Nursing Center, 2.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Birch View Nursing Center, 8.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Birch View Nursing Center, 6.85% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Birch View Nursing Center, 27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Birch View Nursing Center, 20.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Birch View Nursing Center, 16.74% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Birch View Nursing Center, 98.25% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Birch View Nursing Center, 34.29% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Birch View Nursing Center, 34.25% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Birch View Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Birch View Nursing Center, 34.25% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Birch View Nursing Center, 26.91% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.