Crystal Oaks
1500 Calvary Church Road, PO Box 680, Festus MO 63028 · (636) 933-1818 · 87.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Festus, Missouri, Crystal Oaks is one of just a few available facilities in this city. Featuring an overall score of A+, this nursing home is among the top nursing homes we looked at. In fact, we ranked this nursing home number 139 in the nation. This puts it in the top one percentile of all nursing homes. Keep reading to see this facility's category grades, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A profile.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 131 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. We were not able to locate deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to receive several A+ category scores. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of considering the well above average volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the nursing home's vaccination statistics. For example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.46667 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.58 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. There are several datapoints within this category. Many of the criteria are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility offers an impressive 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the higher totals in the nation. Lastly, this facility also excelled in several quality measures we looked at. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and a policy of turning residents more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
The fourth area we looked at was short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of A. This topped off an elite report card. Only a select few nursing homes earned an A- or better in every category. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes with 59.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Crystal Oaks Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better