Cedargate Healthcare is in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the most impressive ratings that we offer. A score in this range requires top-notch marks across the board. In fact, this proved to be quite a bit better than many of the nursing homes in the city. We also gave this facility strong grades in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Cedargate Healthcare
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 87.26115 percent of its residents. This is slightly below what we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B+. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Very few nursing homes received a B+ or higher in all four categories. Our short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cedargate Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cedargate Healthcare, 6.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cedargate Healthcare, 3.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cedargate Healthcare, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have had UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cedargate Healthcare, 19.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cedargate Healthcare, 20.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cedargate Healthcare, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cedargate Healthcare, 92.36% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cedargate Healthcare, 8.73% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cedargate Healthcare, 6.53% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Cedargate Healthcare, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cedargate Healthcare, 6.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cedargate Healthcare, 28.19% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cedargate Healthcare, 87.52% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Poplar Bluff, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Poplar Bluff, Missouri has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Black River Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.66 miles away217 Physicians Park Drive Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 686-6001
- Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.77 miles away3100 Oak Grove Road Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901Proprietary(573) 785-7721
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Poplar Bluff1.11 miles away2311 Eugene Bvld. Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 785-5000
- Fmc - Poplar Bluff West2 miles away3050 Tucker Rd Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (573) 785-0221