Golden Age Nursing Home is an average-sized government-owned facility in Braymer, Missouri. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. We can not find many bad things to say about this place. Its ratings are impeccable. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its long-term care rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Golden Age Nursing Home
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
12498 Se Highway 116,
Braymer MO 64624
37.59% estimated occupancy 1
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also fared well in the area of long-term care, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 1.77 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. In determining our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best grades in that category, with a score of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care. This facility was awarded a very good nursing grade this year, with a B. Although this was not quite as good as many of its other scores, this is still one of our more impressive grades for that category. Our short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Golden Age Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 9.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 4.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 3.44% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 20.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 24.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 4.04% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 89.97% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 14.55% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 15.54% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Golden Age Nursing Home, 15.54 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
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