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Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau's website

365 South Broadview Street,
Cape Girardeau MO 63703

(573) 335-2086

87.41% estimated occupancy ¹

Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau is a facility in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, which has a population of 44,994 people. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this is a middle of the pack facility. The nursing homes in Cape Girardeau received quality grades across the board with a city grade of a B. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

One of this facility's higher category scores was in the area of long-term care. This wound up being its second best category. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. In calculating these long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 96.64179 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the area of short-term care, where it received a C. Our short-term care grades are likely most important for those requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

Nurse Quality

The next area we scored is nursing. This nursing home was given a C in this area. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 9.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 1.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 1.2% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 10% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 26.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 8.87% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 96.73% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 20.08% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 29.72% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 29.72% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 19.69% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau, 79.43% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Cape Girardeau, MO

Overall Rating has a grade of B
Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Nearby Hospitals

SoutheasthealthAcute Care Hospitals 1.21 miles away1701 Lacey St Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 334-4822

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc - Cape Girardeau1.21 miles away150 S Farrar Drive Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 332-0907
Fmc - Southeast Missouri1.28 miles away1723 Broadway Ste # 105 Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701Dialysis Stations: 21 (573) 334-7861