The home failed to submit complete and accurate staffing information based on verifiable records. Cited May 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 851 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
RATLIFF CARE CENTER
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · Medicare-certified · 46 beds
In good standing
For-profit
3 of 5 overall
Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, MO has a 3-star overall rating. The main concerns are a 1-star staffing rating with 3.35 reported nurse hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, a 2-star quality rating, and recent cited issues related to staffing data, food handling, and resident funds; there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3529 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: May 30, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3529.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.35
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.77
- Nurse aides
- 2.23
- Weekend nursing
- 3.15
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 70%
Registered nurse turnover: 67%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
19%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
6.2%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
8.7%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
1.4%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
8.3%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
15.6%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
22.9%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
23.9%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.8%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
21.6%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.5%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
78.1%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
48.1%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited March 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to properly protect residents’ personal money that was kept by the facility. Cited May 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 570 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The home failed to prevent unnecessary mind-altering medications or ensure medicines did not limit a resident’s ability to function. Cited May 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 605 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to have policies and procedures in place to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. Cited May 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 607 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 8 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Occupancy
- 41.2 residents on an average day (90% of 46 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 23 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.