Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility is in Bolivar, Missouri. This is a very respectable nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable grade. This facility truly has plenty working in its favor. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall performance, we gave this nursing home an A for the area of inspections. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, it does not look like we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without the deficiency related data for this facility, it ended up being challenging to evaluate it in this category.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the datapoints we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.27329 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the senior population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded a strong short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is typically a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we scored was nursing. This facility was awarded a grade of C in this area. There are quite a few data points included in this category. Many of the criteria reflect staffing levels. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this area. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving residents more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 7.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 4.35% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 5.63% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 12.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 1.05% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 97.59% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 22.01% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 19.04% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 19.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility, 53.13% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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- Fmc - Bolivar0.63 miles away2101 W Broadway Bolivar Missouri 65613Dialysis Stations: 12 (417) 326-3112