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The Bluffs

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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3105 Bluff Creek Drive,
Columbia MO 65201

(573) 442-6060

88.78% estimated occupancy 1

Note: The Bluffs has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

The Bluffs is a large non-profit facility in Columbia, Missouri. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. If you are not happy with this facility's subpar overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are seven other nursing homes in Columbia. 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 nursing home's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Although we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of B- for inspections. This grade is more respectable than the place's overall score. Our inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat 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

Grade: B-minus

We also gave this nursing home a decent grade in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of nursing care. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 55.361595 percent of its residents. This is many points lower than average. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility was awarded its third most favorable category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Our short-term care grade is typically used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services In order to have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The next category we analyzed is nursing, which proved to be this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in that category. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. To go along with its low total nursing hours per resident, this place had really bad marks in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. For starters, we looked at the percent of residents having falls leading to major injury. This nursing home was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Bluffs Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In The Bluffs, 5.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In The Bluffs, 5.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In The Bluffs, 0.26% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that have sustained urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In The Bluffs, 15.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In The Bluffs, 18.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In The Bluffs, 1.61% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In The Bluffs, 72.48% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In The Bluffs, 23.88% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In The Bluffs, 19.47% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In The Bluffs, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In The Bluffs, 19.47% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In The Bluffs, 21.28% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In The Bluffs, 61.15% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Scores for Columbia, MO

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Columbia, Missouri has 7 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Boone Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.65 miles away1600 E Broadway Columbia Missouri 65201Voluntary non-profit - Other(573) 815-8000
  • Fulton Medical Center LLCAcute Care Hospitals 18.54 miles away10 South Hospital Drive Fulton Missouri 65251Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 642-3376

Nearby Dialysis

  • Columbia Home Dialysis0.13 miles away3320 Bluff Creek Drive Columbia Missouri 65201Dialysis Stations: 1 (573) 443-1084
  • Dialysis Clinics, Inc - Columbia0.4 miles away3300 Lemone Blvd Columbia Missouri 65201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (573) 443-1531
  • Rtc Columbia Dialysis2.58 miles away1701 E Broadway Suite G-102 Columbia Missouri 65201Dialysis Stations: 12 (573) 442-0573
  • Dci - Columbia Home Dialysis Services4.93 miles away31001 West Broadway Suite 115 Columbia Missouri 65203Dialysis Stations: 4 (573) 446-2009
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc - Fulton18.1 miles away2613 Fairway Dr Suite E Fulton Missouri 65251Dialysis Stations: 9 (573) 592-1964