Carroll Nursing Home is in Oak Grove, Louisiana, a city with a total of 8,275 people. This nursing home is a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. As far as we can see, this nursing home is a good fit for quite a few people. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Carroll Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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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
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility also earned first-rate government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our best scores in this category, with an A+. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We weren't able to track down deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given impressive grades in the category of long-term care as well. Indeed, it received one of our best grades in that area with a area of A. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we graded was short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B- in this area. In calculating these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the final area, we awarded this facility a D in our nursing category. This was the facility's worst category rating. Naturally, this grade hurt the nursing home's overall profile to a certain degree. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carroll Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carroll Nursing Home, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carroll Nursing Home, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carroll Nursing Home, 2.69% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carroll Nursing Home, 16.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Carroll Nursing Home, 22.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carroll Nursing Home, 1.51% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some argue this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carroll Nursing Home, 85.51% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Carroll Nursing Home, 19.03% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Carroll Nursing Home, 13.75% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Carroll Nursing Home, 2.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Carroll Nursing Home, 13.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carroll Nursing Home, 13.45 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. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carroll Nursing Home, 67.8% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- West Carroll Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.58 miles away706 Ross Street Oak Grove Louisiana 71263Proprietary(318) 428-3237
- East Carroll Parish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.31 miles away336 North Hood Street Lake Providence Louisiana 71254Government - Hospital District or Authority(318) 559-4023
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna - Oak Grove0.28 miles away711 E Jefferson Dr Oak Grove Louisiana 71263Dialysis Stations: 14 (318) 428-1385