Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center is a small facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. With an A overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all facilities in the nation. You simply can't do much better than this place. This facility also received consistently good scores in each of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
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Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong nursing home overall, it also earned A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area 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. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also performed well in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Few nursing homes received a better grade in this area. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 94.5946 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. The nursing grade consists of quite a few datapoints, however, the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our final category, this facility was given a strong short-term care score. We awarded it a B+ in that category, finishing off one of our better report cards. Short-term care ratings are vital for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 10.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 3.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that have sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 21.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 1.78% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 93.49% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 18.69% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 17.05% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 2.16 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center, 17.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Merit Health WesleyAcute Care Hospitals 2.87 miles away5001 W Hardy St Hattiesburg Mississippi 39402Voluntary non-profit - Private(601) 268-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Hattiesburg Clinic Dialysis2.26 miles away5909 Hwy 49 Suite 10 Hattiesburg Mississippi 39402CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 60 (601) 296-2960
- Hattiesburg Clinic Pa2.29 miles away6855 Lincoln Road Ext Suite 60 Hattiesburg Mississippi 39402Dialysis Stations: 14 (601) 261-3024