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Meramec Nursing Center

Nursing Home
Adult Day Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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940 Mattox Drive,
Sullivan MO 63080

(573) 468-7733

82.33% estimated occupancy ¹

Meramec Nursing Center is in Sullivan, Missouri. With an overall rating of B, this facility is a fine option. Based on our assessment, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our major areas discussed below. 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 Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home performed well in long-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

This nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best grades. This is one of the few facilities with an overall grade in this range which received multiple category grades this high. Inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's inspections. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Nurse Quality

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing scores are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we looked at was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. In computing these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Meramec Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Meramec Nursing Center, 1.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Meramec Nursing Center, 2.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Meramec Nursing Center, 1.91% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Meramec Nursing Center, 13.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Meramec Nursing Center, 19.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Meramec Nursing Center, 7.09% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Meramec Nursing Center, 99.41% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Meramec Nursing Center, 9.49% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Meramec Nursing Center, 8.68% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that maintained mobility. Many believe that mobility is important for patients health.

Hospitalizations

In Meramec Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Meramec Nursing Center, 8.68% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Meramec Nursing Center, 8.33% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Meramec Nursing Center, 50.65% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Missouri Baptist Sullivan HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.13 miles away751 Sappington Bridge Rd Sullivan Missouri 63080Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 468-4186