The Communities of Wildwood Ranch

• Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 28, 2025

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity G of L: actual harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 26, 2024

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Jan 21, 2024

• Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 11, 2023

• Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 11, 2023

• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 11, 2023

• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 11, 2023

• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• 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.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Establish emergency prep training and testing.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 12, 2020

• Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 12, 2020

The Communities of Wildwood Ranch offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

The Communities of Wildwood Ranch is located at 3222 South John Duffy Drive in Joplin, Missouri.

Reviews for The Communities of Wildwood Ranch are sharply split: several families describe excellent, compassionate rehab and nursing care, while others report serious neglect, unsanitary conditions, and poor outcomes. The facility offers skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and onsite therapy services, but experiences with staff responsiveness and cleanliness vary widely.

The Communities of Wildwood Ranch had 5 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 16 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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