Located in Sikeston, Missouri, Miner Nursing Center is one of six facilities there. This is an A rated facility. It received one of the best grades that we offer. A grade in this range requires excellent marks across the board. We could not find many bad things to say about this place. Its scores are as good as they get. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar profile is its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Miner Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. There are a host of criteria within this grade. Most of the datapoints relate to staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a resident at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection scores are tied to items located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a very strong short-term care grade. In fact, this ended up being this facility's third strongest category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. In determining these short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category we assessed, this facility was given a very strong grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility finished off a straight A profile. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 91.89189 percent of its patients. This is slightly less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization 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.
Miner Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Miner Nursing Center, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Miner Nursing Center, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Miner Nursing Center, 20.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Miner Nursing Center, 24.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Miner Nursing Center, 4.11% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Miner Nursing Center, 88.89% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Miner Nursing Center, 14.76% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Miner Nursing Center, 15.81% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Miner Nursing Center, 1.64 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Miner Nursing Center, 15.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Scores for Sikeston, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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