Ozark Riverview Manor

One of the reasons this ended up being a strong nursing home is that it earned a very impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In that area, we gave it an A. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Another one of this facility's quality category grades came in the category of short-term care. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a score of B+. Short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. Our nursing category assesses several factors, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

The final category we assessed was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in that area. This is a fair grade in this category. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 94.49152 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. This place also excelled at keeping 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 figure.