Overview
Ratliff Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the Missouri average of 2.6. It ranks 4th of 6 nursing homes in Cape Girardeau. Its strongest area is health inspections (4 of 5), and its weakest is quality of care (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 60% 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 May 30, 2025, found 8 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.
Ratliff Care Center is a for-profit facility with 46 certified beds, caring for about 38 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2002.
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 67%
Top 35%
Top 27%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 30, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 8
- 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 staff3.50 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.37 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.75 hrs
- Nurse aides2.39 hrs
- Physical therapists0.00 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 46
- Average residents per day
- 38
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- October 25, 2002
- 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