Willow Care Nursing Home
2646 State Route 76, PO Box 309, Willow Springs MO 65793 · (417) 469-3152 · 80.38% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Willow Care Nursing Home is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Willow Springs, Missouri. It looks like this nursing home is one of the higher-graded facilities we assessed. A score in this range requires very strong scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the United States. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home received a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our best scores in this category with a grade of A. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a dominant long-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's second most impressive category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.784195 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a favorable short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this area. Our short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. This proved to be more of a strength for this facility. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in Missouri with 56.9 percent of its residents returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay patients are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we assessed proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. Nevertheless, even its worst category would likely be a highlight for many facilities. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in our nursing category. Our nursing score features a number of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Care Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better