Bedford Care Center of Picayune is a small nursing home located in Picayune, Mississippi. It looks like this nursing home is among the more impressive nursing homes we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires very strong marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the nation. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Bedford Care Center of Picayune
- 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 - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate 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
Another reason we assessed this facility so favorably is that it was given an A+ long-term care score. This is just about as strong as it gets in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. 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 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively 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. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of C. This actually proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. In determining these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bedford Care Center of Picayune Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 10.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 3.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 21.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited 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 Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 1.78% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 93.49% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 18.69% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 17.05% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 2.16 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 17.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 15.26 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bedford Care Center of Picayune, 67.34% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Highland Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.29 miles away130 Highland Pkwy Picayune Mississippi 39466Government - Hospital District or Authority(601) 358-9400
- Ochsner Medical Center - Northshore, L L CAcute Care Hospitals 19.52 miles away100 Medical Center Drive Slidell Louisiana 70461Voluntary non-profit - Private(985) 646-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Pearl River Dialysis0.62 miles away1835 Cooper Road Picayune Mississippi 39466Dialysis Stations: 20 (601) 798-8951
- Fmcna - Slidell18.06 miles away877 Brownswitch Rd Slidell Louisiana 70458Dialysis Stations: 16 (985) 643-6283
- Davita - Slidell Kidney Care18.34 miles away662 Robert Blvd Slidell Louisiana 70458CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (985) 649-5197
- Davita - Bogalusa Kidney Care19.03 miles away2108 S Ave F Bogalusa Louisiana 70427Dialysis Stations: 15 (985) 735-7811
- Fmc Bay St Louis S. Ms Kidney Ctr19.93 miles away5401 Gex Road Diamondhead Mississippi 39525Dialysis Stations: 20 (228) 255-5378