Union Care Center

With an address in Union, Missouri, Union Care Center is one of a mere two available nursing homes in this area. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is among the top grades that we offer. A grade in this range requires top-notch scores across the board. We couldn't find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are as good as they get. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing score is primarily based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It outpaced most nursing homes in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.180725 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.15 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.

The next area we scored was short-term care. In this area, we gave this facility an above average grade of B. With our short-term care assessment, we try to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.