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Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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540 North Highway 51,
Puxico MO 63960

(573) 222-3125

64.83% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Puxico, Missouri, Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is the lone option we identified in the area. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is a good score. In our view, this nursing home is a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our long-term care score. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 86.17021 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. Our nursing grade considers a variety of subcategories. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This place provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next category we graded was short-term care. We gave this facility a D for short-term care, rendering this the nursing home's worst grade. With our short-term care score, we try to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this facility offers less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.19% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.05% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term patients that were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 29.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.11% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 88.4% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 30.91% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 26.97% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 26.97% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.07% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Southeasthealth Center of Stoddard CountyAcute Care Hospitals 14.4 miles away1200 N One Mile Rd Dexter Missouri 63841Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 624-5566
  • Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.71 miles away3100 Oak Grove Road Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901Proprietary(573) 785-7721

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dexter Dialysis13.8 miles away2010 N Outer Rd Dexter Missouri 63841Dialysis Stations: 8 (573) 624-3452
  • Fmc - Poplar Bluff West19.06 miles away3050 Tucker Rd Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (573) 785-0221
  • Fmc - Poplar Bluff19.18 miles away2311 Eugene Bvld. Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 785-5000

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=265496