Buffalo Prairie Care Center sits at 631 W Main St in Buffalo, Missouri, and offers skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living, and rehabilitation services for seniors, and it's operated as a for-profit limited liability company with several ownership groups, including Blue Sky Basin LLC, Dkdp Missouri LLC, Dkyh Missouri LLC, and with affiliations to Prime Healthcare Management, while larger indirect interests belong to Sloans Lake Trust, Bernard Perlow, and Dovid Kleiner. The center has a total of 60 certified beds, including a 60-bed Skilled Nursing Facility and a 20-bed Memory Care Unit, with an average daily census of about 51 residents, providing a higher nurse-to-resident ratio than the state average at 4.09 nurse hours per resident per day. Buffalo Prairie Care Center holds awards such as Best of Senior Living and Best of Senior Living All Star for care and satisfaction, and staff are known for being friendly, helpful, and kind, which helps create a welcoming space for residents, and the community features an enclosed memory garden with walking paths, raised beds, and a water feature for relaxation and enjoyment.
Residents can receive care for many needs, such as IV therapy, wound care, peritoneal dialysis, tracheostomy management, enteral nutrition, and TPN therapy, and the center provides physical, occupational, and speech therapies, as well as adult day care, respite, hospice care, and housing and nursing services certified by Medicare and licensed by the Department of Mental Health and Division of Aging. For seniors with memory issues like Alzheimer's or dementia, the center has a special unit called Autumn Court, where staff provide tailored nursing care, activities, and routines meant to help reduce confusion and prevent wandering. Meals focus on nutrition, and chefs and meal planners prepare food to fit residents' dietary needs, and there are housing options for those who need extra memory support.
Buffalo Prairie Care Center claims to support social, physical, mental, and emotional activity among residents, and it maintains staff and amenities for all-day, all-night care. However, inspection records show the facility has had trouble in recent years, with violations related to poor use of resources and environmental safety; they've been written up for administration and environmental deficiencies, including F0835 and F0921, as well as three infection-related deficiencies, and there are a total of 44 deficiencies detailed in state inspection reports. Even so, the facility continues to serve seniors who need round-the-clock care, and it offers support in a variety of areas, including those with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory impairment, while being part of the larger Buffalo area care network.
