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Northwood Hills Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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800 N Arthur St, PO Box 187,
Humansville MO 65674

(417) 754-2208

76.58% estimated occupancy ¹

Northwood Hills Care Center is one of just two facilities in Humansville, Missouri. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. Based on our ratings, this place may not be the best fit for most people. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection rating. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that area, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's long-term care score is one of its respectable features. The facility received a C in this category. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.10179 percent of its residents. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning to the category of short-term care, this facility was given a grade of just D in that category. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Based on its weak score in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this place offers far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Nurse Quality

The next category we looked at is nursing. This nursing home was given a rock bottom grade of F in this area. In determining a facility's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This place offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. On top of being below average in nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also had poor marks in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both of these statistics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These metrics pulled down this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Northwood Hills Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 13.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 5.69% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 1.27% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 36.98% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 31.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 99.26% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 20.89% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 15.92% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 15.92% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Northwood Hills Care Center, 4.01% of Patients

This indicates 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 Northwood Hills Care Center, 57.96% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.