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Ratliff Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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717 North Sprigg,
Cape Girardeau MO 63701

(573) 335-5810

90.65% estimated occupancy 1

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 quality rating. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Cape Girardeau. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

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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

Top Nursing Home in Missouri badge

Top Nursing Home in Missouri Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a strong overall rating, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our best grades. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk 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

This nursing home received high scores in the category of long-term care as well. Consequently, it received one of our strongest grades in that category with a area of A-. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 95.8042 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Our nursing rating is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 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 generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we looked at was short-term care, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is certainly somewhat concerning. In determining these short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. In this place's case, we found that it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 3.6 percent of its residents returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Ratliff Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Ratliff Care Center, 1.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Ratliff Care Center, 4.2% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Ratliff Care Center, 5.34% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Ratliff Care Center, 17.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Ratliff Care Center, 23.19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Ratliff Care Center, 15.94% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Ratliff Care Center, 95.12% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Ratliff Care Center, 33.06% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Ratliff Care Center, 40.5% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Ratliff Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Ratliff Care Center, 40.5% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Ratliff Care Center, 15.14% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.

Scores for Cape Girardeau, MO

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • 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