Clarence Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-11-18. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (660) 699-2118 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Clarence Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 51.9/100, placing it #13783 of 14703 facilities nationally and #384 of 487 in Missouri. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Clarence Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 46 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 15 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 55.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,950. 4 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 159.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Clarence Care Center ranks 13783rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 51.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 384th out of 487 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,603 nationally and RN hours rank #7,508 nationally (#103 in MO). Our composite quality score of 51.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Clarence, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/clarence/