Nhc Healthcare, St Charles is one of six facilities located in Saint Charles, Missouri. With an overall score of B, we scored this facility to be one of the top three nursing homes in the city. Overall grades in this range are a strong indication of a quality facility. This place truly has plenty of good features. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive long-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Nhc Healthcare, St Charles
- Nursing Home
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 Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, this facility earned a B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a strong grade in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. One of the factors we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 94.38596 percent of its patients. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its strong resume, this facility earned a grade of B for its inspections rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing score looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This area is typically a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. It does not appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nhc Healthcare, St Charles Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 7.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 3.51% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who had falls which caused major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients who sustained UTI's. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 14.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 16.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 95.22% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 10.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 17.47% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 17.47% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 6.96% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Nhc Healthcare, St Charles, 76.72% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Saint Charles, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Saint Charles, Missouri has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Ssm Health St Joseph Hospital-St CharlesAcute Care Hospitals 2.65 miles away300 1st Capitol Dr Saint Charles Missouri 63301Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 947-5000
- Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.85 miles away10 Hospital Dr Saint Peters Missouri 63376Voluntary non-profit - Other(636) 916-9000
- Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisAcute Care Hospitals 4.95 miles away12303 Depaul Drive Bridgeton Missouri 63044Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 344-6000
- Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.34 miles away12634 Olive Boulevard Saint Louis Missouri 63141Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-8000
- St Lukes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.26 miles away232 S Woods Mill Rd Chesterfield Missouri 63017Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 434-1500
- Missouri Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.44 miles away3015 N Ballas Rd Saint Louis Missouri 63131Voluntary non-profit - Private(314) 996-5000
- Progress West HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.78 miles away2 Progress Point Pkwy O Fallon Missouri 63368Voluntary non-profit - Private(636) 344-1000
- St Luke's Des Peres HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.78 miles away2345 Dougherty Ferry Road Saint Louis Missouri 63122Proprietary(314) 966-9100
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care St Charles Dialysis2.89 miles away2655 Muegge Road Suite 101 Saint Charles Missouri 63303Dialysis Stations: 12 (636) 447-2490
- St Peters Dialysis4.14 miles away300 1st Executive Ave #A Saint Peters Missouri 63376Dialysis Stations: 12 (636) 441-6070
- Fmc - Bridgeton5.4 miles away12380 Natural Bridge Rd Bridgeton Missouri 63044Dialysis Stations: 21 (314) 344-3020
- Saint Charles County Dialysis5.96 miles away335 Mid Rivers Mall Dr Saint Peters Missouri 63376Dialysis Stations: 21 (636) 970-3730
- Creve Coeur Dialysis Center6.29 miles away1009 Executive Pkwy #100 Saint Louis Missouri 63141CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (314) 434-4770
- Quality Care Dialysis Centers - Bridgeton6.45 miles away12484 St. Charles Rock Rd Bridgeton Missouri 63044Dialysis Stations: 14 (314) 298-0320
- Fmc - Creve Coeur7.66 miles away555 N New Ballas #170 Saint Louis Missouri 63141CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (314) 872-9272
- St. Louis Regional Dialysis Center, Inc.7.86 miles away10951 St. Charles Rock Road Saint Ann Missouri 63074Dialysis Stations: 17 (314) 739-4691