Springfield Skilled Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Springfield, Missouri. This facility received an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to steer clear of this facility. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Springfield Skilled Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Springfield Skilled Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a poor overall grade, we also gave this facility terrible grades across the board in each of the categories. It only received a D for its inspections grade, which was its top area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. We would pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home had 4 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
Tragically, this facility received an F for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities provide. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 51.415096 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
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Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. When calculating our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth area, this nursing home did not perform well here either. With a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. Short-term care grades are often used to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this facility offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical nursing home. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 2.7 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Springfield Skilled Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 9.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 2.08% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 9.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 49.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 26.55% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 61.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 20.91% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 17.98% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 17.98% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Springfield Skilled Care Center, 17.29% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Scores for Springfield, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
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