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Carthage Senior Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
Jan 22: AFeb 22: AMar 22: AApr 22: A-May 22: A-Jun 22: A-Aug 22: B+Sep 22: B+Oct 22: B+Nov 22: B+Jan 23: A-Feb 23: A-Mar 23: A-Apr 23: A-Jun 23: A-Jul 23: A+Aug 23: A+Sep 23: A+Oct 23: A+Nov 23: A+
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1065 East Franklin Street,
Carthage MS 39051

(601) 267-1352

97.95% estimated occupancy 1

Carthage Senior Care is one of just two nursing homes located in Carthage, Mississippi. This turns out to be an A+ rated facility. Receiving an A+ in our grading system takes superb performance across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top five percent of all nursing homes in the country. Keep reading to find this facility's category scores, which are equally impressive. You just can't do any better than a straight A profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home also earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Inspection grades are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down 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

Grade: A-plus

We also awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care grade. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.113205 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We looked at the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning patients more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The fourth area we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home received an A-. This rounded out a very strong profile. Few nursing homes earned an A- or higher in every single category. Short-term care scores are crucial for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Carthage Senior Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Carthage Senior Care, 10.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Carthage Senior Care, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percent of long-term care patients who have experienced a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Carthage Senior Care, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Carthage Senior Care, 23.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Carthage Senior Care, 17.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Carthage Senior Care, 0% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Carthage Senior Care, 99.06% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Carthage Senior Care, 19.42% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Carthage Senior Care, 20.09% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Carthage Senior Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Carthage Senior Care, 20.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=255351