River Oaks Care Center is located in Steele, Missouri. This city has a population of 3,931 people. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor rating. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Steele. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection reports. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
River Oaks Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility's overall score, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second best category ended up being long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. With our long-term care score, we analyze the volume of services provided by a nursing home, along with some qualitative statistics. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 93.11927 percent of its patients. This is slightly less than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is short-term care, in which this facility received an F. Short-term care grades are often employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Based on its score in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this facility was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we assessed was nursing. This facility was given an abysmal grade of F in this area. The nursing score considers a host of subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
River Oaks Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In River Oaks Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In River Oaks Care Center, 3.89% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In River Oaks Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered from a UTI. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In River Oaks Care Center, 20.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In River Oaks Care Center, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In River Oaks Care Center, 4.19% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In River Oaks Care Center, 88.53% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In River Oaks Care Center, 14.79% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In River Oaks Care Center, 14.68% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In River Oaks Care Center, 1.7 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In River Oaks Care Center, 14.68 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In River Oaks Care Center, 11.55 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Pemiscot County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.11 miles away946 East Reed Hayti Missouri 63851Government - Local(573) 359-1372
- Great River Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.65 miles away1520 N Division Street Blytheville Arkansas 72315Government - Local(870) 838-7300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna - Blytheville11.22 miles away1001 E Moultrie Blytheville Arkansas 72315CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (870) 762-7700
- Renal Care Group - Kennett15.99 miles away715 Teaco Rd Kennett Missouri 63857Dialysis Stations: 15 (573) 888-1036
- Hope Again Dialysis Center16.38 miles away1207 State Rte v V Kennett Missouri 63857Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 888-0222