Cuba Manor

Cuba Manor is the sole option we identified in Cuba, Missouri. It looks like this is a fine facility. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable grade. As far as we can see, this nursing home is a solid choice for quite a few people. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

One of the reasons this ended up being a strong facility is that it received an impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections is its best category. In this area, we gave it an A. Inspection scores are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Missouri in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving residents more often.

Turning to our third category, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 60.074627 percent of its patients, which is a bit lower than we expected. Fortunately, this place excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.22 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.

The next area we assessed was short-term care. We gave it a C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 44.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.