Briar Hill Rest Home

Briar Hill Rest Home is a facility located in Florence, Mississippi, which has a population of 19,685 people. Featuring an overall rating of A, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Headlining this nursing home's stellar profile is its long-term care grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

One of the many reasons this proved to be a great facility is that it earned a very impressive long-term care score. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of really impressive nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination statistics is as good as it gets also. In fact, it vaccinated 98.96907 percent of its patients against pneumonia. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 2.57 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an extremely impressive statistic which typically correlates with quality care. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed as well as any facility in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the final area, this facility also received a first-rate short-term care score, with a B+. This finished off a very favorable profile. In determining these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average facility. This is an excellent sign. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This place performed respectably with 48.9 percent of its residents returning home.