Fountainbleau Lodge is a senior living facility located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. This city has a population of 44,994 people. Sporting an overall grade of C, this looks like a middle of the road facility. Cape Girardeau received a city grade of B+, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Fountainbleau Lodge
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's best category grade came in the category of short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B+. It outperformed many nursing homes in this category. Short-term care grades are generally used to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents that who were able to eventually 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 nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is better than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
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Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. The nursing score weighs quite a few factors, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care, which ended up being this facility's worst category. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 96.969696 percent of its residents, which is a very solid total. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fountainbleau Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 4.19% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 88.53% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fountainbleau Lodge, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Cape Girardeau, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Cape Girardeau, Missouri has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- SoutheasthealthAcute Care Hospitals 2.73 miles away1701 Lacey St Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 334-4822
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Cape Girardeau2.16 miles away150 S Farrar Drive Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 332-0907
- Fmc - Southeast Missouri2.7 miles away1723 Broadway Ste # 105 Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701Dialysis Stations: 21 (573) 334-7861