Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Hannibal, Missouri. This is a good nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable score. Based on our analysis, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Part of the reason this nursing home performed well overall is it excelled in the area of nursing, with a B+ in that category. It outpaced most facilities in this area. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home averages 0 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also received favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a score of B+. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our inspection grades are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this area. In determining our long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's personal care services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 84.26966 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be significantly below average. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 9.32% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 20.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 24.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 4.11% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 88.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 14.76% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 15.81% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 1.64 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 15.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 11.79 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Willow Care Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 72.5% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Hannibal, MO
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Hannibal, Missouri has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Hannibal Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.39 miles away6000 Hospital Dr Hannibal Missouri 63401Voluntary non-profit - Private(573) 248-1300
Nearby Dialysis
- Hannibal Dialysis0.82 miles away119 Progress Rd Hannibal Missouri 63401Dialysis Stations: 15 (573) 406-0165
- Quincy Medical Group Peritoneal Dialysis Ctr14.72 miles away1025 Maine Street Quincy Illinois 62301Dialysis Stations: 1 (217) 222-6550
- Davita - Adams County Dialysis14.94 miles away436 North 10th Street Quincy Illinois 62301CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (217) 223-7913