Diversicare of St Joseph

Diversicare of St Joseph is a large nursing home located in Saint Joseph, Missouri. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber typically indicates a few concerning datapoints. At the end of the day, we would struggle to recommend this place. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores

Although we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent grade in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This facility also received a favorable grade in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 94.80122 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. The last datapoint we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.31 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was close to the national average due to it having some more complex patients.

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. The nursing rating includes a variety of subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This place provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is well below average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These statistics hurt this facility's nursing rating significantly.

This nursing home's least impressive category is short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this facility provides substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 31.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.