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Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare's website

631 West Main Street,
Buffalo MO 65622

(417) 345-5422

87.16% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare is a small facility in Buffalo, Missouri. This nursing home received an overall grade of F. Based on our assessment, you would be better off to avoid of this nursing home. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Optometry

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

We also wanted to note this nursing home's poor short-term care score where it received an F. Our short-term care grade is generally used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home's received an abysmal long-term care score where it was given an F. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this nursing home gave the vaccine to just 88.74172 percent of its residents, which is quite a bit lower than we expected. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The final category we assessed was nursing, where this nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel score in this category also. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. The nursing rating weighs a handful of components, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This place offered a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is well below average. To pair with its below average totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home had poor marks in several of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. For starters, we looked at the percentage of residents sustaining falls which led to major injury. This facility was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is alarming in light of the fact that so many falls could be prevented with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the facility's fate of earning a poor nursing grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 2.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 5.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 4.23% of Patients had UTIs

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients who experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 40.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 28.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 8.89% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 83.78% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 16.8% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 21.35% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 21.35% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 13.76% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Buffalo Prairie Center for Rehab and Healthcare, 57.64% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.