With an address in Mount Vernon, Missouri, Mt Vernon Place Care Center is one of just a few nursing homes there. This nursing home received an overall grade of D, which is a well below average score. This is not the worse facility we looked at, but we would still struggle to recommend it. This facility's only redeeming feature was its inspection score, which we provide additional information on below.
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Mt Vernon Place Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with too many deficiencies flagged. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our long-term care score and that actually turned out to be its next most favorable score. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.81657 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Our nursing grade looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This facility averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at is short-term care. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this facility offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mt Vernon Place Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 13.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 2.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 1.21% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 32.41% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 20.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 97.26% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 13.24% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 13.7% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 13.7% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mt Vernon Place Care Center, 95.85% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Hospital AuroraCritical Access Hospitals 10.37 miles away500 Porter Avenue Aurora Missouri 65605Voluntary non-profit - Church(417) 678-2122
- Cox Monett HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 12.87 miles away801 North Lincoln Avenue Monett Missouri 65708Voluntary non-profit - Private(417) 354-1400
Nearby Dialysis
- Ozarks Dialysis Services - Monett13.7 miles away825 Highway 60 Ste B Monett Missouri 65708Dialysis Stations: 20 (417) 354-1111