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Baton Rouge Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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5550 Thomas Road,
Baton Rouge LA 70811

(225) 774-2141

72.06% estimated occupancy 1

Baton Rouge Health Care Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This facility a respectable overall score of B-, which resulted in it being one of the top ten nursing homes in Baton Rouge. Even in a city featuring 22 other nursing homes, this one ought to be a fine selection. The best part of this place's profile is its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next highest category we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. Short-term care grades are generally used to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's third best category is long-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. With our long-term care rating, we focus more on the quantity of services provided by a facility, along with a series of quality metrics. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility gave the vaccine to 99.69419 percent of its residents, which is an above average datapoint. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The next category we graded was nursing, was this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. This really is one of the couple of weak links in an otherwise impressive report card. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This facility offered only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is not a very impressive figure. In addition to receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Baton Rouge Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 11.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 0.92% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 0.96% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 8.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm 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 medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 99.85% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 11.35% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 12.34% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 12.34% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 7.89% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Baton Rouge Health Care Center, 87.23% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Baton Rouge, LA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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