Schuyler County Nursing Home
1306 Us Highway 63, Queen City MO 63561 · (660) 766-2291 · 61.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Schuyler County Nursing Home is located in Queen City, Missouri. The city has 1,206 people. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is among the better nursing homes we looked at. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this facility. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card is its long-term care grade. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. The last datapoint we looked at is the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 2.07 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility an A-. Nursing ratings are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Missouri in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a resident more often.
Facility Inspections
We gave this facility an A- for inspections. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was short-term care, in which this nursing home was given a C. This actually proved to be this facility's weakest area. This is nevertheless not a poor grade. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is frequently a useful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 40.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Schuyler County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better