Knox County Nursing Home

    55774 MO-6, Edina, MO 63537
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Beautiful facility, attentive staff, family

    I'm very pleased with the beautiful facility-my mom loves it. The staff are attentive, respectful, and provide excellent, dignified care; it truly feels like family and a great place to work.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.62·(21)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.7
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.6
    • Amenities

      4.6
    • Value

      4.6

    Pros

    • Attentive, respectful staff
    • Dignified resident interactions
    • Well-maintained, attractive facility
    • High resident and family satisfaction
    • Positive workplace culture for staff

    Cons

    • Inconsistent personal-care delivery (bathing and grooming)
    • Incontinence-care delays and management gaps
    • Medication-management and physician-order adherence issues
    • Personal-property and belongings management weaknesses
    • Environmental safety and sanitation concerns
    • Gaps in clinical monitoring and care-plan effectiveness
    • Variable staff responsiveness and consistency

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews for this facility are highly polarized, with several reviewers praising attentive, respectful staff and an attractive physical environment while other reviewers describe significant operational concerns. Positive comments emphasize dignified treatment, a pleasant facility appearance, and a family-oriented workplace culture that contributes to resident satisfaction. Negative comments focus on care-process failures and safety-related issues that merit direct inquiry during a visit.

    Care quality shows mixed signals. Several reviewers described effective, person-centered interactions and overall satisfaction with care, but others raised concerns about inconsistent delivery of personal-care routines such as bathing and grooming, and identified gaps in incontinence-care practices. There are also recurring concerns about medication management and inconsistent adherence to physician orders, which reviewers interpreted as affecting residents' clinical stability. These patterns suggest variability in how well care plans are implemented and monitored across shifts or units.

    Staff and management impressions are similarly mixed. Many reviewers praised staff as attentive and respectful, and some described the facility as a good place to work, which can support continuity of care. At the same time, comments point to variable staff responsiveness and inconsistency in practices that suggest uneven training, supervision, or staffing levels. Management oversight appears to be a key differentiator: positive family experiences align with responsive leadership, while negative experiences imply lapses in oversight of medication administration, personal-property controls, and routine care audits.

    There is limited direct information about dining and activities in the submitted summaries. Positive general impressions and resident-reported satisfaction imply that social and environmental aspects may be acceptable for many residents, but the absence of consistent commentary on meals and programming means prospective families should request menus, activity calendars, and observations of communal life when touring.

    Facility condition is described in favorable terms by some reviewers (“beautiful place”), yet other comments raise environmental safety and sanitation concerns. Those concerns, coupled with reports of personal items being misplaced, point to the need to review secure storage procedures, property-inventory practices, and environmental-maintenance protocols in person.

    Notable patterns: reviews divide into strong positive experiences and substantial negative claims about care processes. Prospective residents and families should verify the facility’s current status by touring during different shifts, asking for staffing ratios, medication-audit procedures, care-plan oversight mechanisms, policies for personal belongings, and recent state inspection reports. Speak with current families, observe meal service and activities, and request examples of documented physician-order adherence and bathing/incontinence schedules to assess consistency of care across the facility.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Knox County Nursing Home is located at 55774 MO-6, Edina, MO, 63537.

    About Knox County Nursing Home

    Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, MO, is a skilled nursing facility with 60 certified beds, and in June 2025, there are 21 beds available, so there shouldn't be a long wait if someone needs help moving in, and it's got a good variety of services for seniors who need help with bathing, dressing, transfers, and all those daily tasks that can get tricky with age, plus round-the-clock skilled nursing staff and an emergency alert system for peace of mind if someone's worried about falls or medical problems popping up overnight, and the staff there, including administrator Katlind Murry, seem to take care with private rooms, each with its own bathroom-handicap accessible too-so seniors who want to bring some of their own furniture can do so, and there's cable TV, air conditioning, and fast internet in the rooms, all of which helps to keep people comfortable.

    You always find someone cooking because meals get served by a professional chef with all-day dining options-buffet-style, in a big dining room-so residents can eat when they want, and those who have allergies, diabetes, or need special diets get their needs met, with meal preparation done for them and an onsite pharmacy for prescriptions. They've got visiting occupational, physical, and speech therapists for folks bouncing back from illness or injury, plus the restorative nursing team helps people keep or regain their independence, and for those needing more support, hospice and Alzheimer's care services are available. Medicare and Medicaid are accepted, and it's licensed by the State of Missouri, so families don't have to worry about whether insurance covers a stay or whether it's legit.

    Every week there's always something happening-arts and games rooms, music, movies in the theater, a library, garden, outdoor activities, church services, and shopping trips out in the community, as well as scheduled activities like wellness and sauna time-and the staff take care of the housekeeping and laundry, so nobody has to fret about chores, plus there's help with move-in coordination, parking, and transportation. There's an emphasis on comfort and well-being through choices in care plans, and the resident and family councils get involved to help manage care and services.

    The facility is government-owned by Knox County and is part of a Continuing Care Retirement Community, which means residents can usually move between different types of care as their needs change, and if anyone wants to find out more about what kind of help or care would be right, there's a care finder service they can use.

    People often ask...

    Knox County Nursing Home offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 55774 MO-6, Edina, MO 63537.

    No, Knox County Nursing Home does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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