The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Missouri

  Worst Nursing Homes in Missouri By City

Every city in Missouri has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in St. Louis

Worst Nursing Homes in Kansas City

• Bridgewood Health Care Center (649)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-06-12)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2025-06-12)
• Gregory Ridge Health Care Center (603.5)
• Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (2025-04-15)
• Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (2025-04-03)
• Clara Manor Nursing Home (543.75)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-02-22)
• Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (2025-02-22)
• Parkview Healthcare (457.5)
• Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (2025-03-31)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-03-31)
• Parkway Health Care Center (286)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2024-12-07)
• Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. (2024-12-07)
• Ignite Medical Resort Carondelet LLC (263)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-07-07)
• Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. (2024-03-15)
• Myers Nursing and Convalescent Center (214)
• Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. (2024-07-02)
• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged. (2024-07-02)
• Medicalodges Post Acute Care Center (170.25)
• Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements. (2024-12-19)
• Use approved construction type or materials. (2024-12-19)
• The Summit (166)
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (2023-10-29)
• Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (2023-10-29)
• Life Care Center of Kansas City (159)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-07-10)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-05-10)

Worst Nursing Homes in Springfield

• Springfield Skilled Care Center (364.75)
• Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail. (2025-05-20)
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (2025-05-20)
• Spring Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center (272.5)
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2025-02-25)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-02-07)
• Arc at Sangamon Valley (256)
• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (2025-05-10)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-03-07)
• Regency Care (255.75)
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (2025-04-26)
• Establish staff and initial training requirements. (2025-04-23)
• Springfield Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (172.25)
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (2025-05-21)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2025-04-29)
• Springfield Suites Rehab and Nursing (162)
• Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. (2025-03-30)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-12-19)
• Springfield Nursing and Independent Living (157.75)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-06-20)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-06-20)
• Allen View Healthcare Center (152)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2025-05-20)
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2025-05-20)
• Avenues at Springfield (144)
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2025-04-21)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2025-04-16)
• Springfield Health and Rehab (137)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-12-03)
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (2024-12-03)

Worst Nursing Homes in Columbia

• Bria of Columbia (210.25)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-05-05)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2025-02-21)
• C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell and Stone (197.5)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-07-11)
• Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (2024-02-09)
• Pruitthealth- Columbia (160.75)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-02-28)
• Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies. (2025-02-28)
• The Bluffs (149.5)
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2025-02-24)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-02-19)
• C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Roddey Pavilion (141.5)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-05-12)
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. (2025-05-12)
• Lorien Health Systems - Columbia (135)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2024-08-25)
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2024-08-25)
• Parkside Manor (132.5)
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2025-03-07)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2025-03-07)
• Columbia Manor Health and Rehabilitation (113)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-02-28)
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2024-07-12)
• Susquehanna Health and Wellness Center (104)
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (2025-04-30)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-10-09)
• South Hampton Place (99)
• Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours. (2025-05-29)
• Follow proper procedures when the fire alarm was out of service for more than 4 hours. (2025-05-29)

Worst Nursing Homes in Independence

• Baptist Homes of Independence (453.75)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-06-15)
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2025-06-15)
• Carmel Hills Wellness and Rehabilitation (248.5)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-02-11)
• Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (2025-02-11)
• Rosewood Rehab and Healthcare Center (215)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-08-13)
• Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (2024-08-13)
• The Rehabilitation Center of Independence (166)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-02-24)
• Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. (2025-02-24)
• Jackson Creek Post Acute (141.25)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-12-03)
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. (2024-12-03)
• Maywood Terrace Living Center (139)
• Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (2024-08-29)
• Assure that each resident?s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. (2024-08-29)
• Independence Manor Care Center (79)
• Provide a written emergency evacuation plan. (2024-02-08)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-02-08)
• Monterey Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center (64.5)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-05-30)
• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2024-02-29)
• Independence Health and Rehabilitation Center (52)
• Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. (2025-04-03)
• Develop Emergency Preparedness policies and procedures. (2025-04-03)
• Buchanan County Health Center (44)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2025-03-31)
• Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition (2025-03-31)

  Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in Missouri
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in Missouri

  Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

  Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in Missouri:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

  More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit

  How We Compile Nursing Home Ratings in Missouri

Every month, we rank all of the skilled nursing facilities in Missouri. These rankings are based on data provided by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid measures ("CMS"), including the CMS 5-Star Rating System and the Health Inspection Scores. The list of the Worst Skilled Nursing Facilities in Missouri is based on the weighted overall health inspection score which is a composite of CMS's three most recent skilled nursing home inspection scores weighted to give the most recent inspection more importance.

The CMS 5-Star Rating System rates skilled nursing facilities from one to five stars, with one star being the lowest and five stars being the highest. The rating system also rates Missouri nursing homes across five different dimensions including overall rating, health inspection rating, quality measures rating, overall staffing rating, and RN staffing rating (RN is an acronym for Registered Nurse).

In addition to the 5-Star Rating System, CMS provides numerical metrics that summarize:

• Health Inspection Domain. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys for each nursing home, results from any complaint investigations during the most recent three-year period, and any repeat revisits needed to verify that required corrections have brought the facility back into compliance. CMS calculates a weighted deficiency score based on points assigned to health deficiencies identified in each active provider’s current health inspection survey and the two prior surveys (including revisits), as well as deficiency findings from the most recent three years of complaint investigations. More recent surveys are weighted more heavily than older surveys: the most recent period (cycle 1) is assigned a weighting factor of 1/2, the previous period (cycle 2) has a weighting factor of 1/3, and the second prior survey (cycle 3) has a weighting factor of 1/6. The weighted time period scores are then summed to create the survey score for each facility.
• Staffing Domain. Using multiple reporting methods, CMS calculates the amount of time that the nursing staff spends with residents. This is measured across multiple dimensions, one each for three different levels of nursing, including Registered Nurses (“RNs”), Licensed Practical Nurses (“LPNs”), and Certified Nursing Assistants (“CNAs”), plus one metric that totals all contributions. These metrics are expressed in hours per resident per day. CMS also provides state-level and national averages for the metrics to allow for additional comparisons.
• Quality Measures Domain. A set of quality measures (QMs) has been developed from MDS-based indicators to describe the quality of care provided in nursing homes. These measures address a broad range of functioning and health status in multiple care areas. The facility rating for the QM domain is based on performance on a subset of 11 (out of 18) of the QMs. Ratings for the QM domain are calculated using the three most recent quarters for which data are available. This time period specification was selected to increase the number of assessments available for calculating the QM rating, increasing the stability of estimates and reducing the number of facilities that do not have enough data to report QM ratings.
• Abuse Flag. Abuse is always a concern in skilled nursing facilities. To highlight the issue, CMS has extracted this feature as its own flag. Facilities with an actual abuse event or where the potential for abuse has been shown for the past two years are flagged. The Health Inspection Score is capped at 2-stars for nursing homes that have been flagged for abuse.

Skilled nursing facilities that are new and do not have at least two surveys completed are not rated by CMS. These facilities may have health inspection scores that can be used to evaluate the facility.

One complication in Missouri nursing home inspections is the COVID-19 pandemic. Although inspections should be performed every 12 months, COVID has decreased this frequency. While CMS admits that only in “rare cases” do these inspections increase to 15 months, our analysis suggests that this time frame may be even longer. This report shows that the time between inspections is now just under 500 days (more than sixteen months). There are now hundreds of skilled nursing homes in the United States that have not been inspected in more than 24 months. This list shows the skilled nursing homes with the longest period since being inspected. According to the CMS data, these homes have not been inspected since 2018!