Nixa Nursing & Rehab

On top of being a quality facility overall, this nursing home especially excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Not many facilities performed better in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 80.85107 percent of its residents. This is slightly below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The next area we assessed is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our short-term care scores are presumably more important for folks requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

The last category we rated is nursing. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D for our nursing category, leaving this as its least impressive area. Our nursing score is mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place was above average in two of the major areas we focus on, with solid marks for avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.