Crystal Oaks

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.