Sunset Health Care Center

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.