Columbia Post Acute is a small nursing home in Columbia, Missouri. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective patients. In fact, we found this facility to be better than most of the nursing homes in Columbia, which has a city grade of B. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next section.
Columbia Post Acute
- Nursing Home
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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really performed well in long-term care, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home performed well in the area of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that area, which happens to be one of our highest scores. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
The next category we assessed is nursing, which is this nursing home's worst category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. However, we would not judge this facility based solely on a single category, since it received multiple high-end grades in other areas. Our nursing rating features a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. With only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Columbia Post Acute Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Columbia Post Acute, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Columbia Post Acute, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Columbia Post Acute, 4.19% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Columbia Post Acute, 88.53% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Columbia Post Acute, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Columbia Post Acute, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Columbia, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Columbia, Missouri has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Boone Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.76 miles away1600 E Broadway Columbia Missouri 65201Voluntary non-profit - Other(573) 815-8000
- Fulton Medical Center LLCAcute Care Hospitals 18.89 miles away10 South Hospital Drive Fulton Missouri 65251Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 642-3376
Nearby Dialysis
- Rtc Columbia Dialysis1.61 miles away1701 E Broadway Suite G-102 Columbia Missouri 65201Dialysis Stations: 12 (573) 442-0573
- Dialysis Clinics, Inc - Columbia3.01 miles away3300 Lemone Blvd Columbia Missouri 65201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (573) 443-1531
- Columbia Home Dialysis3.09 miles away3320 Bluff Creek Drive Columbia Missouri 65201Dialysis Stations: 1 (573) 443-1084
- Dci - Columbia Home Dialysis Services4.54 miles away31001 West Broadway Suite 115 Columbia Missouri 65203Dialysis Stations: 4 (573) 446-2009
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc - Fulton18.05 miles away2613 Fairway Dr Suite E Fulton Missouri 65251Dialysis Stations: 9 (573) 592-1964