Adams County Nursing Center is a senior living facility located in Natchez, Mississippi, a city with 32,334 people. This nursing home is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. This actually proved to be the highest rated facility in Natchez. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Adams County Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially would like to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. Inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final category, this facility received a high-end short-term care rating. This facility did not turn out to have any weaknesses. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is more often than not a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Adams County Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Adams County Nursing Center, 10.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Adams County Nursing Center, 3.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Adams County Nursing Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Adams County Nursing Center, 20.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Adams County Nursing Center, 22.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that are given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Adams County Nursing Center, 2.34% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Adams County Nursing Center, 93.38% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Adams County Nursing Center, 19.45% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Adams County Nursing Center, 23.26% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Adams County Nursing Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Adams County Nursing Center, 23.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Adams County Nursing Center, 13.82 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Adams County Nursing Center, 68.23% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Adams County Home, LLC0.72 miles away151 Jefferson Davis Blvd Ste D Natchez Mississippi 39120Dialysis Stations: 1 (601) 445-3393
- Rcg Natchez0.92 miles away312 Highland Blvd Natchez Mississippi 39120CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (601) 446-8060
- Fmcna - Ferriday3.79 miles away2004 Carter Street Suite A Vidalia Louisiana 71373CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (318) 336-4196