Overview
Shady Oaks Healthcare Center has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the Missouri average of 2.6. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Thayer. Its strongest area is health inspections (5 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 2.9 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 77% of nursing homes in Missouri (the state average is 3.4 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 5, 2025, found 3 health deficiencies, fewer than the Missouri average of 11.4. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 41% of Missouri nursing homes have been fined.
Shady Oaks Healthcare Center is a for-profit facility with 120 certified beds, caring for about 78 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1984.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 35%
Top 21%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 5, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 3
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff2.95 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.37 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.53 hrs
- Nurse aides2.05 hrs
- Physical therapists0.06 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 78
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 21, 1984
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes