Mason Pointe Care Center is on a list of 10 facilities in Chesterfield, Missouri. This facility was given an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a lower end grade. Unfortunately, this grade isn't too far off the city grade for Chesterfield, which is a C. Nevertheless, you still ought to be able to do better We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Mason Pointe Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Mason Pointe Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score is not a highlight, it received a somewhat respectable grade in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for that area, which is a decent score. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. There are quite a few criteria included in this area. Many of the factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next most favorable category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this area, which is a decent grade. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is often a meaningful measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next area, this nursing home received a respectable long-term care score of B-. Our long-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's volume of nursing services. This means a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 92.26006 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mason Pointe Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 3.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 4.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percent of long-term residents who had a fall which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 3.92% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 10.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 11.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 95.86% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 5.43% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 2.9% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 2.9% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 3.74% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mason Pointe Care Center, 88.24% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Chesterfield, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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- Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisAcute Care Hospitals 8.26 miles away12303 Depaul Drive Bridgeton Missouri 63044Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 344-6000
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- Ssm Health St Joseph Hospital-St CharlesAcute Care Hospitals 9.82 miles away300 1st Capitol Dr Saint Charles Missouri 63301Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 947-5000
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- Ellisville Dialysis Center5.83 miles away257 Clarkson Road Ballwin Missouri 63011CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (636) 207-7401
- Saint Louis West Pd Dialysis6.01 miles away9632 Olive Blvd Saint Louis Missouri 63132Dialysis Stations: 2 (314) 994-9311