Senath Health Care Center
300 East Hornbeck Street, Senath MO 63876 · (573) 738-2627 · 82.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Jun 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Senath, Missouri, Senath Health Care Center is the only facility we identified in the city. With an overall rating of B-, this looks like a middle of the road facility. Based on our ratings, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong nursing grade, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Nurse Quality
We gave this nursing home one of our better scores in the area of nursing, with a grade of A-. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. The nursing rating weighs several subcategories, but the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a resident more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this facility a B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better scores. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned a very favorable inspection rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we rated was long-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Of course, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated just 60.614525 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last datapoint we assessed is its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 1.85 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is a higher hospitalization rate than the average nursing home, but it is not quite as bad as we feared it might be.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Senath Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better