With an address in Chillicothe, Missouri, Grand River Health Care is one of four available facilities in the city. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. You can certainly do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's strong profile was its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section
Grand River Health Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in our nursing category. We gave it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a resident even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was given favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded them one of our stronger grades in that category, with a score of B. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 96.799995 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Finally, we also gave this nursing home a B- for our inspections rating. This nursing home didn't have any glaring weaknesses. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grand River Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grand River Health Care, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grand River Health Care, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that have had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grand River Health Care, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grand River Health Care, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grand River Health Care, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grand River Health Care, 4.19% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing signs of depression. Some experts believe that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grand River Health Care, 88.53% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grand River Health Care, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grand River Health Care, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Grand River Health Care, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grand River Health Care, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Scores for Chillicothe, 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-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Chillicothe, Missouri has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Hedrick Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.16 miles away2799 North Washington Street Chillicothe Missouri 64601Voluntary non-profit - Private(660) 646-1480
- Wright Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.47 miles away191 Iowa Boulevard Trenton Missouri 64683Voluntary non-profit - Private(660) 359-5621
Nearby Dialysis
- Chillicothe Dialysis1.98 miles away588 E Business 36 Chillicothe Missouri 64601Dialysis Stations: 8 (660) 707-1092