Nick's Health Care Center is one of a mere two available nursing homes located in Plattsburg, Missouri. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a subpar nursing home. This wasn't the worse nursing home we looked at, however, we'd still struggle to recommend it. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Nick's Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we were not complementary of this place's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that area with a B. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of C for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home just a D for our short-term care score. This is well below average in this category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is typically a useful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. With a grade in this range for this area, we weren't shocked to learn that this place was well below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The nursing home offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded was long-term care, ended up being this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to only 65.28302 percent of its patients, which is slightly concerning. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nick's Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nick's Health Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nick's Health Care Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nick's Health Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nick's Health Care Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nick's Health Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nick's Health Care Center, 4.19% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nick's Health Care Center, 88.53% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nick's Health Care Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nick's Health Care Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Nick's Health Care Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nick's Health Care Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cameron Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.98 miles away1600 E Evergreen Cameron Missouri 64429Voluntary non-profit - Private(816) 632-2101
- Excelsior Springs HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.76 miles away1700 Rainbow Boulevard Excelsior Springs Missouri 64024Government - Local(816) 630-6081
Nearby Dialysis
- Cameron Dialysis15.39 miles away1003 W 4th Cameron Missouri 64429Dialysis Stations: 11 (816) 632-6056
- Cameron Regional Medical Center Renal Dialysis Center15.96 miles away1600 E Evergreen Cameron Missouri 64429Dialysis Stations: 10 (816) 649-3398
- Excelsior Springs Dialysis18.78 miles away1745 W Jesse James Rd Excelsior Springs Missouri 64024Dialysis Stations: 13 (816) 637-2685