With more than 25 nursing homes to choose from located in Saint Louis, Missouri, Friendship Village Sunset Hills is one of the multitude of nursing homes here. Sporting an overall score of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong nursing home. As a matter of fact, this turned out to be one of the 10 highest graded facilities in the city. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Friendship Village Sunset Hills
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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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. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to emphasize the fact that this facility received a superb score of A- in our short-term care area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is typically a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility received a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that area with a score of B+. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 93.46847 percent of its residents. This is a few points below what we expected but still a respectable percentage. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed is nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. Although this is its least impressive category grade, this is still an impressive score. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Friendship Village Sunset Hills Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 12.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 6.31% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 0.94% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 7.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 10.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 0.48% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 95.59% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 7.95% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 6.93% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 6.93% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 5.14% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 88.24% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Saint Louis, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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