Ashland Health and Rehabilitation

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Ashland Health and Rehabilitation's website

16056 Boundry Drive/PO Box 490,
Ashland MS 38603

(662) 224-6196

66.33% estimated occupancy ¹

Ashland Health and Rehabilitation is a small nursing home located in Ashland, Mississippi. It looks like this is a very good facility. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Among the reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it was given a very impressive long-term care score. In fact, long-term care is its second most favorable category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A-. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 84.05797 percent of its patients. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. There are many datapoints included in this area. Most of the datapoints reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving residents at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home was awarded an acceptable short-term care grade. Even though this wasn't as elite as some of its other grades, this is truly not a major area of concern. Short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Ashland Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 10.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 3.19% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 20.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 22.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 2.34% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 93.38% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 19.45% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 23.26% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 23.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Ashland Health and Rehabilitation, 13.82 Percentage of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

Alliance Healthcare SystemAcute Care Hospitals 13.26 miles away1430 Highway 4 East / P O Box 6000 Holly Springs Mississippi 38635Physician(662) 252-1212
Tippah County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.93 miles away1005 City Ave North Ripley Mississippi 38663Government - Local(662) 837-9221