Carrie Elligson Gietner Home is a large nursing home in Saint Louis, Missouri. We awarded this facility a respectable overall score of B-. While this is not an elite grade, it nevertheless wound up being a better choice than most of the nursing homes in Saint Louis. Even in a city featuring 48 nursing homes, this nursing home turns out to be a fine selection. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Carrie Elligson Gietner Home
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Oncology Care
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility one of our better grades in the area of long-term care, with an impressive grade of A. This is a notably better grade than its overall score, which was decent but not elite. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.25093 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection ratings are based on items found on the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing grade weighs quite a few components, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, nursing scores also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated is short-term care, is this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. This was one of the couple of weak links of a quality report card. Our short-term care grades are believed to be most critical for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this facility's short-term care grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carrie Elligson Gietner Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients that were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 4.19% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 88.53% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carrie Elligson Gietner Home, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
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 B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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