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Friendship Village Sunset Hills

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Friendship Village Sunset Hills's website

12509 Village Circle Drive,
Saint Louis MO 63127

(314) 842-6840

90.13% estimated occupancy 1

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. Indeed, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it as one of the highest rated nursing homes in Saint Louis. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next section.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Audiology

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Missouri badge

Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was awarded a first-rate short-term care score. In fact, this ended up being this nursing home's second strongest category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also would like to point out the fact that this nursing home was given a high-end score of A- in our long-term care area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.70115 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last category we analyzed was nursing. This facility was awarded a favorable nursing grade this year, with a grade of B-. Even though this is not quite as elite as many of its other grades, this is still an acceptable rating in that area. We weighed the levels of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this area. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Friendship Village Sunset Hills Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have experienced falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 4.19% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 88.53% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 14.79% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 14.68% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 11.55 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of 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

Grade: A

In Friendship Village Sunset Hills, 72.81% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

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 B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

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