Morningside Center is a small government-owned nursing home located in Chillicothe, Missouri. This facility received an A- overall, which is a very strong rating. In fact, this turned out to be the highest graded facility in Chillicothe. This facility was also given impressive ratings in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
Morningside Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - State
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall rating, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. Inspection ratings are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a patient even once per day.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also want to note the fact that this facility was given a strong grade of A- in our short-term care area. In forming these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we looked at, this facility was given a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home rounded out a very favorable profile. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Morningside Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Morningside Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Morningside Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Morningside Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Morningside Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Morningside Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Morningside Center, 4.19% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Morningside Center, 88.53% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Morningside Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Morningside Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Morningside Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Morningside Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Morningside Center, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Morningside Center, 72.81% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Chillicothe, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Chillicothe, Missouri has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Hedrick Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.8 miles away2799 North Washington Street Chillicothe Missouri 64601Voluntary non-profit - Private(660) 646-1480
- Wright Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.21 miles away191 Iowa Boulevard Trenton Missouri 64683Voluntary non-profit - Private(660) 359-5621
Nearby Dialysis
- Chillicothe Dialysis2.15 miles away588 E Business 36 Chillicothe Missouri 64601Dialysis Stations: 8 (660) 707-1092