Colonial Springs Healthcare Center is one of just two available nursing homes located in Buffalo, Missouri. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some decent scores. Based on our assessment, this facility has some redeeming qualities. The best part of this place's report card is its exemplary inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Colonial Springs Healthcare Center
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- Independent Living
- Memory Care
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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. In fact, its inspection grade was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave it a grade of A. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to point out that this nursing home was given impressive long-term care marks this year. We awarded them one of our higher scores in this category, with a grade of B+. This turned out to be the nursing home's second strongest grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. 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
The next best area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more critical for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest area is nursing, which is the last category we assessed. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area. In spite of multiple respectable scores in other areas, this score is nevertheless concerning so we would like to to point it out. Our nursing rating is largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Colonial Springs Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 8.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 6.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 6.19% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 16.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 19.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 2.37% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 99.77% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 20.18% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 15.5% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 15.5% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 10.98% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Colonial Springs Healthcare Center, 67.91% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
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