Bedford Care Center of Petal is located in Petal, Mississippi. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the country. We simply can not say enough great things about this nursing home. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Bedford Care Center of Petal
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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 was dominant in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Few facilities fared better in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was awarded favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave it one of our better grades in that area, with a score of B+. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed is nursing. In that area, we awarded this facility an above average grade of B. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.4 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bedford Care Center of Petal Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 10.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 3.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who sustained falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 21.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 1.78% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 93.49% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 18.69% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 17.05% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 2.16 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 17.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 15.26 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bedford Care Center of Petal, 67.34% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Merit Health WesleyAcute Care Hospitals 5.94 miles away5001 W Hardy St Hattiesburg Mississippi 39402Voluntary non-profit - Private(601) 268-8000
- Perry County General HospCritical Access Hospitals 19.62 miles away206 Bay St Richton Mississippi 39476Proprietary(601) 788-6316
Nearby Dialysis
- Hattiesburg Clinic Pa1.4 miles away6855 Lincoln Road Ext Suite 60 Hattiesburg Mississippi 39402Dialysis Stations: 14 (601) 261-3024
- Hattiesburg Clinic Dialysis3.52 miles away5909 Hwy 49 Suite 10 Hattiesburg Mississippi 39402CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 60 (601) 296-2960
- Richton Dialysis19.73 miles away507 Front Street Hwy 15 North Richton Mississippi 39476Dialysis Stations: 20 (601) 788-2555