StoneBridge Lake Ozark

On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in this area, with a grade of A. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping 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.

This nursing home received its next highest category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be more critical for people requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

The final category we assessed was nursing, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that category. Naturally, this grade pulled down the facility's overall profile to some degree. The nursing rating considers numerous factors. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.