Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
328 Munger Lane, Hannibal MO 63401 · (573) 221-9122 · 48.82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Hannibal, Missouri, Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is one of four nursing homes in this area. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is a middle of the pack nursing home. This actually ended up being the top nursing home in Hannibal. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 111 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This place received a very favorable short-term care rating. Its short-term care score ended up being its best category. In that area, we gave this them a grade of B+. Our short-term care grades are arguably more important for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility performed better in this area than in its staffing levels. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home with 70.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an B+. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. In calculating our nursing ratings, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 2.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Although this place didn't really impress in terms of the quantity of nursing care provided, it actually performed admirably in a few of our quality-based metrics. It was above average in two of the subcategories we assess, with good scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided since many falls and bed sores are preventable.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care, proved to be this facility's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that category. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 97.42268 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. We were far less impressed with the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 3.79 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is more than double the national average. This is definitely a concerning figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better