The Valley-a Stonebridge Community
6768 North Highway 67, Florissant MO 63034 · (314) 741-9101 · 75.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
The Valley-a Stonebridge Community is an average-sized nursing home located in Florissant, Missouri. This facility was given an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Florissant. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually performed pretty well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't grade out poorly in the category of long-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C in that category, which turned out to be another one of its more favorable grades. In calculating our long-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's personal care services. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to only 69.44444 percent of its residents. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. This facility did not excel here either, with 5.93 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. When determining a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal marks in several of the quality-based measures to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this metric. This is quite concerning when you consider that so many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of receiving a weak nursing grade.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated was short-term care. This facility received a rock bottom grade of F in this area. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is generally a useful measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. With its weak grade in this category, we were not shocked to learn that this facility provides significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 16.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Valley-a Stonebridge Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
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. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better