The Manor at Elfindale
1707 West Elfindale Street, Springfield MO 65807 · (417) 831-2273 · 91.7% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Manor at Elfindale is an average-sized non-profit facility located in Springfield, Missouri. We gave this nursing home an extremely impressive overall rating of A+. It outpaced many of the facilities in Springfield by a wide margin. You flat out can't do any better than this facility. Finally, this ended up being a very consistent nursing home with consistent ratings in each of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. With 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this facility surpassed the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Missouri in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Another strength for this facility is short-term care, where it was awarded an A+ grade. This is flat out as elite as it gets in this area. Short-term care grades are vital for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 65.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category we scored, this nursing home was awarded a very favorable grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A profile. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 95.96273 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.49 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Manor at Elfindale Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better