Ratliff Care Center is a nursing home located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a city with 44,994 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B+, which is a strong rating. We were pleased to learn that this was in line with the other nursing homes in Cape Girardeau, which is one of the better cities in Missouri to find a nursing home. Keep reading to find this facility's category scores, which are also impressive. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Ratliff 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
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors 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.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive scores, this facility earned an excellent nursing rating. We gave it an B+ in that area. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 75.4386 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a decent figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B. This nursing home ended up being relatively strong across the board. In calculating our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is considered to be a solid assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ratliff Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ratliff Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ratliff Care Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ratliff Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ratliff Care Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ratliff Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ratliff Care Center, 4.19% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ratliff Care Center, 88.53% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ratliff Care Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ratliff Care Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ratliff Care Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ratliff Care Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ratliff Care Center, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Scores for Cape Girardeau, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Cape Girardeau, Missouri has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- SoutheasthealthAcute Care Hospitals 0.87 miles away1701 Lacey St Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 334-4822
- Union County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.7 miles away517 North Main Street Anna Illinois 62906Proprietary(618) 833-4511
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Southeast Missouri0.83 miles away1723 Broadway Ste # 105 Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701Dialysis Stations: 21 (573) 334-7861
- Fmc - Cape Girardeau2.9 miles away150 S Farrar Drive Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 332-0907