The Neighborhoods at Quail Creek

The Neighborhoods at Quail Creek is an average-sized nursing home located in Springfield, Missouri. This is a good facility with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in Springfield. Even in a city featuring 18 other nursing homes, this nursing home turns out to be a sound selection. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent inspections. We awarded it an A+ for that area, which is one of our highest grades. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Contributing to this facility's list of strengths, it also was awarded a top-shelf short-term care grade. We awarded them an elite strong of A- in this category. In our short-term care rating, we seek to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 54.5 percent of its residents able to return home.

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the higher totals in Missouri. Lastly, we baked a few quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This place was relatively weak in two of the major metrics we focus on, with below average marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These statistics are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.

The last category we analyzed was long-term care. This facility received a C in this category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to above average nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination records are above average also. Indeed, this facility vaccinated 98.540146 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.92 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most facilities due to it having more complex patients.