Briar Hill Rest Home is the sole facility located in Florence, Mississippi. This nursing home proved to be a decent facility, with an overall grade of B-. This nursing home seems to have some things going for it. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
Briar Hill Rest Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B in that category, which is one of our better scores. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place 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.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of long-term care, where it received a B-. Long-term care grades assess a facility's personal care instead of the skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 78.125 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Short-term care grades are commonly used to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. It does not appear that this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 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.
Briar Hill Rest Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 10.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 3.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 20.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 22.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents that are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 2.3% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 93.75% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 18.95% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 20.82% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 1.95 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 20.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 13.63 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Briar Hill Rest Home, 69.18% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Merit Health RankinAcute Care Hospitals 9.04 miles away350 Crossgates Blvd Brandon Mississippi 39042Proprietary(601) 825-2811
- Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.6 miles away1225 N State St Jackson Mississippi 39202Voluntary non-profit - Private(601) 968-1000
- Merit Health River OaksAcute Care Hospitals 10.06 miles away1030 River Oaks Drive Flowood Mississippi 39232Proprietary(601) 932-1030
- Merit Health CentralAcute Care Hospitals 10.43 miles away1850 Chadwick Dr Jackson Mississippi 39204Proprietary(601) 376-1000
- University of Mississippi Med CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.51 miles away2500 N State St Jackson Mississippi 39216Government - State(601) 984-4100
- Brentwood Behavioral Healthcare of MsPsychiatric 10.63 miles away3531 East Lakeland Drive Flowood Mississippi 39232Proprietary(601) 936-2024
- St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.7 miles away969 Lakeland Dr Jackson Mississippi 39216Voluntary non-profit - Church(601) 200-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Isd Renal Inc7.87 miles away1015 I-20 Frontage Rd Jackson Mississippi 39204CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (601) 373-9154
- Isd Brandon LLC8.69 miles away101 Christian Drive Brandon Mississippi 39042Dialysis Stations: 20 (601) 824-9764
- Lakeland Home Program, LLC9.07 miles away209 Mar Lyn Drive Brandon Mississippi 39042CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (601) 591-0053
- Bio-Medical Applications of Mississippi, Inc.9.09 miles away656 North State Street Jackson Mississippi 39202Dialysis Stations: 10 (601) 944-0151
- Fresenius Medical Care Southwest Jackson Home9.93 miles away1421 N State Street Suite 501 Jackson Mississippi 39202Dialysis Stations: 2 (601) 292-1545
- Fmc Southwest Jackson10.15 miles away1856 Hospital Drive Jackson Mississippi 39204CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (601) 371-2896
- Isd Renal Inc10.41 miles away1828 Raymond Road Jackson Mississippi 39204CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (601) 373-7897
- Fmc Jackson10.85 miles away381 Medical Drive Jackson Mississippi 39216CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (601) 981-9652