Village North Retirement and Health Center
11160 Village North Drive, Saint Louis MO 63136 · (314) 355-8010 · 82.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Village North Retirement and Health Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Saint Louis, Missouri which has a population of 927,396 people. This turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a very elite grade. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as one of the highest rated nursing homes in Saint Louis. This facility was also given impressive scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an impressive nursing score. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an A. Nursing grades are mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.6 hours per resident on a daily basis. This is more nursing care than nearly any other facility provides. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any facility the nation when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has received near flawless government inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this area. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a high-end short-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's third most impressive category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. With our short-term care grade, we strive to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country in this area with 59.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we scored, this nursing home received a very strong grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a first-rate report card. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. This facility's vaccination data lagged a bit behind a few of its other data points in this area, such as its nursing hours. It gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 82.14286 percent of its residents. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Village North Retirement and Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better