Joplin Gardens
2810 South Jackson Avenue, Joplin MO 64804 · (417) 572-0041 · 85.54% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Joplin, Missouri, Joplin Gardens is one of six nursing homes in this area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality scores in most areas. As far as we can see, this facility is a good fit for quite a few people. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 92 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a quality facility is that it received an impressive inspection rating. Inspections turned out to be its best category. In this category, we gave this facility an A+. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 87.55556 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 3.17 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as favorable as some of its other scores in this category, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next best area came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In crafting our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that it also fared well in this metric with 56.5 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Nurse Quality
The next area we scored was nursing. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Nursing grades are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed a few nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these data points. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this metric. This is usually a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Joplin Gardens Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better