Morningside Center Assisted Living Apartments
State licensed1702 Morningside Dr, Chillicothe, MO 64601
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About Morningside Center
MORNINGSIDE CENTER is a government - county nursing home in CHILLICOTHE, MO with 60 certified beds.
Community at a glance
Capacity
60 residents
Location
Chillicothe, MO
Status
Listed in a public registry
Care & services offered
Skilled Nursing
Contact & location
1700 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE, Chillicothe, Missouri 64601
Medicare inspection record
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
- Medicare flags Morningside Center for a citation related to abuse of residents in its recent inspections.
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 20, 2026, state inspectors cited 10 health deficiencies (the Missouri average is 11.4).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 42 minutes with each resident a day, above the Missouri average of 3 hours 26 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Morningside Center in the last three years.
Staffing
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 42 minutesAbove the Missouri average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 59 minutesAbove the Missouri average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 51%Below the Missouri average |
Inspections
17 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
March 20, 2026 · Standard inspection · 9 citations
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected May 1, 2026Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected May 1, 2026Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected May 1, 2026Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident RightsCorrected May 1, 2026Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected May 1, 2026Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Pharmacy ServiceCorrected May 1, 2026Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Infection ControlCorrected May 1, 2026Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Quality of Life and CareCorrected May 1, 2026Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Quality of Life and CareCorrected May 1, 2026
January 14, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Residents were harmed, a few residents (level G)Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and ExploitationFrom a complaintAlready fixed before the inspection
January 16, 2025 · Standard inspection · 7 citations+
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident RightsCorrected Mar 13, 2025Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Mar 13, 2025Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Resident RightsCorrected Mar 13, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a pattern (level E)Infection ControlCorrected Mar 13, 2025Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Quality of Life and CareCorrected Mar 13, 2025Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Mar 13, 2025Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Risk of harm, no one hurt, a few residents (level D)Resident Assessment and Care PlanningCorrected Mar 13, 2025
Fines and payment denials
No fines or Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
About the home, per Medicare
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Legal business name
- Livingston County Nursing Home District
- Medicare-certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 53
- Accepts
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- June 1, 2007
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
- CMS Certification Number
- 265813
Location
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1700 MORNINGSIDE DRIVEChillicothe, MO 64601
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Questions about Morningside Center
How did Morningside Center do on its last inspection?+
State inspectors visited on March 20, 2026 and cited 10 health deficiencies, 1 of them from complaint investigations. The Missouri average is 11.4.
How much nursing care does each resident get at Morningside Center?+
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 42 minutes with each resident per day, including 59 minutes from registered nurses. 51% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Has Morningside Center been fined by Medicare?+
Medicare's records show no fines against Morningside Center in the last three years.
Does Medicare cover skilled nursing?+
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
How much does a nursing home cost?+
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
What is the CMS star rating?+
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.