Creve Coeur Manor

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. We believe that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were category G through L deficiencies. This means this facility dodged the more significant categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

This facility also didn't fare terribly in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we gave it a grade of C in that category, which ended up being among its more favorable grades. With our long-term care rating, we analyze the amount of services provided by a nursing home, along with some qualitative statistics. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Our next area we looked at is short-term care, in which this facility was given an F. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. With its grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

The last category we rated is nursing, where this nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel score in this category as well. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. There are a variety of factors included in this grade. Many of these subcategories are tied to nurse staffing. This facility averaged only 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.