Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Stockton, Missouri. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. At the end of the day, this place would be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave it an A-. Our inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a positive score in long-term care. This nursing home earned a grade of B+ in this area, which happens to be one of our higher grades. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.36508 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this facility a B in our short-term care category. This is one of our better grades. Short-term care grades are commonly used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest area was nursing, which is the last area we assessed. In this area, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is well below average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these metrics pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 10.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 8.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 5.23% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 20.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 28.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 4.36% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 99.38% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 26.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 24.84% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 24.84% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 21.75% of Patients
This datapoint 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
In Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, 76.78% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cedar County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.9 miles away1401 South Park Street El Dorado Springs Missouri 64744Government - Local(417) 876-2511