St Joseph Chateau
811 North 9th Street Saint Joseph, MO 64501
Owned by: Vertical Health Services, LLC
“Worst nursing home there is. I would not recommend sending my worst enemy to this place.”
– Jenny McCoy –
“They don’t care about the civil rights of the residents…So if you want a person to be held like a prisoner send them here.”
Yvonne Wippel
“Worst nursing home there is. I would not recommend sending my worst enemy to this place.”
Jenny McCoy
About St Joseph Chateau
St. Joseph Chateau, a nursing facility under the management of Vertical Health Services, stands as a chilling testament to the abject failure of care for our most vulnerable population. With an appalling 1-star rating on nearly every reputable review site, including Medicare, this institution embodies the very essence of neglect. Shockingly, the facility boasts a 0% COVID-19 vaccination rate for its staff, a staggering statistic that highlights a reckless disregard for the health and safety of residents. With 16 health code citations already documented, it is painfully clear that St. Joseph Chateau has transformed from a place of care into a breeding ground for neglect and malpractice.
The consequences of this negligence are profound, as families face the heartbreaking reality of their loved ones being neglected in what should be a sanctuary of support. Rated among the worst nursing homes in the country, St. Joseph Chateau has multiple lawsuits pending, each representing a haunting testament to the failures that have taken place within its walls. This facility doesn’t just fall short of acceptable standards; it actively endangers the lives entrusted to it, all while hiding behind a façade of care. It is time to expose the dark truths within St. Joseph Chateau and demand accountability for the lives it has irrevocably harmed.
Recent Health Inspection Violations
August 27, 2024: Rodent Infestation Runs Rampant, Staff Admit to Seeing Mice “Multiple Times” at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services is disgustingly overrun with mice, with staff admitting to seeing them frequently in offices and the kitchen. This horrifying rodent infestation has been allowed to fester, with the facility ignoring repeated warnings and creating a cesspool of filth and disease for its vulnerable residents.
August 23, 2024: Criminal Negligence: Management Deliberately Ignores Open Doors for Mice to Invade at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
Management at the nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services was explicitly told that gaps in their exit doors were allowing mice to stream into the building, yet they did absolutely nothing. This willful and criminal negligence shows a complete disregard for resident safety, allowing a dangerous rodent infestation to continue unchecked.
August 22, 2024: Kitchen Horrors: A Feast of Filth and a Breeding Ground for Mold at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The kitchen where resident food is prepared is a disgusting nightmare, with a black, mold-like substance growing around the window and food debris littering the sticky floors. These revolting conditions turn every meal into a dangerous gamble, exposing the elderly to a constant threat of foodborne illness.
August 22, 2024: Toxic Mold Spreads Unchecked Through Dining Room Ceiling at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
A horrifying patch of dark, black, mold-like substance is spreading across the ceiling of the dining room where residents eat their meals. This toxic growth, a clear sign of the facility’s disgusting lack of maintenance, is poisoning the air and putting every resident at risk of serious respiratory illness.
August 12, 2024: Mice Found in Kitchen and Resident Bedrooms, Spreading Filth and Disease at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
Pest control discovered mice in traps located in the kitchen, the laundry room, and even inside residents’ own bedrooms, proving the infestation has contaminated every corner of the facility. This disgusting failure to control the rodent problem means residents are living and sleeping in an environment teeming with filth and the risk of disease.
April 5, 2024: Deplorable and Unsanitary Living Conditions Force Residents to Live in Filth at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services is forcing its residents to live in an environment of absolute squalor. The facility is plagued by broken and damaged furniture, filthy walls, and a repulsive stench of urine, creating a depressing and hazardous home that strips residents of their dignity and puts their health at risk.
April 5, 2024: Disgusting Pest Infestation Allowed to Fester, Endangering Residents at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The facility is overrun with insects, with bugs found crawling in residents’ rooms, creating a disgusting and unsanitary environment. This stomach-churning infestation is a clear sign of the nursing home’s shocking neglect and its failure to provide a safe and clean home for the vulnerable people in its care.
April 5, 2024: Shocking Failure to Protect Residents’ Dignity and Privacy at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
Staff at the nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services have demonstrated a horrifying lack of respect for residents’ privacy, leaving them indecently exposed in public areas. This cruel and humiliating treatment shows a culture of neglect where the most basic rights and dignity of residents are completely ignored.
April 4, 2024: Unforgivable Neglect of Resident Care Plans Results in Chaos and Confusion at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services is operating in a state of dangerous chaos by completely failing to follow or update residents’ care plans. This reckless incompetence means that residents are not receiving the individualized care they need, leaving their health and safety to nothing more than guesswork.
March 28, 2024: Kitchen of Nightmares: Filth-Covered Vents Spew Contaminants Over Food at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The kitchen is a disaster zone, with thick, black, greasy dust covering the air vents directly over the food preparation line, threatening to rain down contaminants on every meal served. The facility’s management admitted to these disgusting conditions, proving they have knowingly exposed residents to the risk of foodborne illness.
March 28, 2024: Heartless and Humiliating Public Exposure of a Confused Resident at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
A resident with cognitive impairment was cruelly left with their chest completely exposed while being wheeled down a main hallway, a mortifying and public spectacle of neglect. This shocking act of indecency strips residents of their dignity and shows a complete lack of basic human compassion from the staff.
March 26, 2024: A House of Decay and Filth: Residents Forced to Live in Squalor at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The facility is literally falling apart, with broken toilet seats, dangerously loose handrails, and a pervasive, sickening stench of urine filling the air. This disgusting and hazardous environment is an insult to the residents who are forced to call this place home, proving the facility is unfit for human habitation.
March 25, 2024: Resident’s Dignity Stripped Away in a Cruel Public Display at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
A resident was left shamefully exposed in front of a dozen other people during mealtime, while staff members simply walked past and did nothing to help. This horrifying and deliberate disregard for a resident’s privacy is a cruel act of public humiliation that speaks to a deeply broken and abusive culture.
March 26, 2024: Disgusting Fly Infestation Allowed to Breed in Filthy Room Drains at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services is breeding swarms of small flies in the disgusting, clogged drains of resident rooms. This horrifying sanitation failure creates a constant nuisance and a serious infection risk, forcing residents to live surrounded by filth and insects.
March 4, 2024: Revolting Piles of Mouse Droppings Left to Fester in the Laundry Room at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The facility’s laundry room was found to have disgusting piles of mouse droppings that had been left there since a previous inspection, a revolting sign of the facility’s complete failure to clean up after its raging pest infestation. This means that clean linens and resident clothing are being handled in an area contaminated with rodent filth, spreading disease throughout the home.
February 27, 2024: Rodents Chew Holes Through Walls, Invading Resident Rooms at nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services
The mouse infestation is so out of control that the rodents have chewed holes directly through the walls of residents’ rooms and bathrooms, creating disgusting highways for them to travel throughout the facility. The nursing home owned by Vertical Health Services had to have a pest control company seal the holes, proving the building is being destroyed by a plague of mice.