Aurora Health and Rehabilitation is a facility in Columbus, Mississippi, which has 50,547 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Columbus. The city has just two other nursing homes. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
Aurora Health and Rehabilitation
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
310 Emerald Drive,
Columbus MS 39702
65.33% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
Although this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the category of inspections. In fact, we gave it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating is largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this metric. Avoiding major falls is generally an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be prevented if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a respectable grade in the category of long-term care, with a grade of B-. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 86.42857 percent of its patients. Next, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Although it had 2.59 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was more favorable.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at is short-term care. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this category. In computing these short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. We found that this facility was subpar in two of the key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The final statistic we looked at 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 37.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aurora Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 10.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 3.22% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who have had a UTI. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 20.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 22.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 2.28% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 93.89% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 19.45% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 23.12% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 1.72 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 23.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 13.75 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aurora Health and Rehabilitation, 67.86% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle IncAcute Care Hospitals 4.12 miles away2520 5th Street N Columbus Mississippi 39701Voluntary non-profit - Private(662) 244-1500
- North Mississippi Medical Center-West PointAcute Care Hospitals 18.87 miles away150 Medical Center Drive West Point Mississippi 39773Voluntary non-profit - Private(662) 495-2300
Nearby Dialysis
- Rcg Mississippi, Inc.3.22 miles away3499 Bluecutt Road Columbus Mississippi 39705Dialysis Stations: 14 (662) 243-7648
- Rcg Columbus (Golden Triangle)3.79 miles away92 Brookmoore Dr. Columbus Mississippi 39705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (662) 327-9200
- Rcg Mississippi, Inc3.82 miles away139 N Brookmoore Drive Columbus Mississippi 39705Dialysis Stations: 2 (662) 328-4440
- Renal Care Group Tupelo, LLC19.36 miles away1612 West Church Hill Road West Point Mississippi 39773Dialysis Stations: 14 (662) 494-1530