Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center's website

1827 Hwy B,
Elsberry MO 63343

(573) 898-2880

88.03% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Elsberry, Missouri, Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center is the only nursing home located in this area. Featuring an overall score of A-, this nursing home is ranked among the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top quarter of all nursing homes nationally. Keep reading to see this facility's category grades, which are also strong. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to its high-end assessments in other areas, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for our long-term care rating. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

The next category we graded was short-term care. This nursing home was given a favorable nursing rating in our assessment, with a B. Although this is not nearly as dominant as several of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of our better grades in this area. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. It does not appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 4.19% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 88.53% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center, 11.55 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.