Sunset Health Care Center

F
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400 West Park Avenue, Union MO 63084 · (636) 583-2252 · 89.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata

Note: Sunset Health Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Sunset Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Union, Missouri. Our grading scheme was not kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall rating of F. Based on our analysis, this nursing home probably isn't a fit for anyone. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Additional Details:

Accepts Medicare 1 : TrueA checkmark indicating true.

Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds TrueA checkmark indicating true.

CCRC : FalseUsed to indicate false.

For profit - Partnership

Resident Council: FalseUsed to indicate false.

Family Council: FalseUsed to indicate false.

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)

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Medical Staff
Therapy Staff

Facility Inspections

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Historical

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Long-term Care Quality

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Historical

This facility also didn't rate terribly in the area of long-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C in that category, which turned out to be among its more favorable grades. Our long-term care grades are more meaningful for folks needing more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 96.90722 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.17 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.

Nurse Quality

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Historical

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. The nursing category includes several datapoints, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility offered just 2.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Lastly, we also looked at some quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This place was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with solid scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

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Historical

The last area we scored was short-term care, in which this nursing home received an abysmal grade in this category as well. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area, which is obviously very concerning. In the category of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. With a score in this range in this category, we were not shocked to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing metrics we assess. In fact, it provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 29.3 percent of its patients returning home.

Overall Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Aug 20
Provider:
F
State:
B-
National:
B
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Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating

Sunset Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Provider
B
7.29%
State
B
8.39%
National
B
7.33%

Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better

Minimizes Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Provider
B+
2.58%
State
B-
4.16%
National
B
3.36%

Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.

Provider
A+
0%
State
B
3.59%
National
B
2.65%

Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Provider
F
28.85%
State
B-
18.42%
National
B
14.18%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.

Provider
C
23.84%
State
B-
24.61%
National
B
19.67%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Managing Depression Among Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Provider
B-
4.02%
State
B
3.59%
National
B+
5.09%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Provider
B-
95.98%
State
B-
89.7%
National
B
92.04%

Percent of Patients
Higher is Better

Residents Maintain Autonomy

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Provider
B+
12.57%
State
B
14.44%
National
B
14.47%

Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.

Provider
D
10.52%
State
B-
14.54%
National
B
17.09%

Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better

Hospitalizations

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Provider
A-
1.33
State
B-
2.01
National
B
1.70

Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Provider
A
10.52
State
B+
14.54
National
B
17.09

Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: ER Visits

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Provider
C
12.63
State
B
10.15
National
B
10.26

Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better

Nearby Hospitals

Mercy Hospital Washington 7.06 mi
901 East 5th Street Washington Missouri 63090
(636) 239-8000
Acute Care Hospitals
Voluntary non-profit - Private
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital 19.56 mi
751 Sappington Bridge Rd Sullivan Missouri 63080
(573) 468-4186
Critical Access Hospitals
Voluntary non-profit - Private

Nearby Dialysis

Washington Square Dialysis 5.96 mi
CMS Rating: 5 stars
Dialysis Stations: 16
1112 Washington Square Washington Missouri 63090
(636) 390-8233
Fmc - Sullivan 19.5 mi
Dialysis Stations: 12
123 Progress Parkway Sullivan Missouri 63080
(573) 468-2485

Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=265390
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