Rosewood Care Center of St Louis

While we were not complementary of this place's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B+. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This facility received its next best category score in the area of long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable score. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 47.50958 percent of its residents. This is pretty significantly below what we were hoping for. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. This nursing home didn't excel here either, with 8.27 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. We analyzed the levels of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses spent with residents, in determining our score in this area. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The next area we graded is short-term care. This facility was given an abysmal grade of F in that category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is frequently a useful measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Considering its score in this area, 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 figures we looked at. Finally, we considered the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 47.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was below average.