Christwood is a small non-profit facility in Covington, Louisiana. This proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the top scores we offer. You flat out can't do much better than this place. As you will find below, this facility performed equally well in our category grades. We give this place two thumbs up!
Christwood
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection grades are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning patients at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's third most impressive category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of A-. This topped off an elite profile. Not many facilities received an A- or higher in every single category. Short-term care grades are generally employed to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Christwood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Christwood, 9.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Christwood, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which had falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Christwood, 2.79% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Christwood, 16.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Christwood, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Christwood, 1.48% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Christwood, 89.54% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Christwood, 17.84% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Christwood, 12.77 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Christwood, 64.63% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Tammany Parish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.64 miles away1202 S Tyler Street Covington Louisiana 70433Government - Hospital District or Authority(985) 898-4000
- North Oaks Medical Center, L L CAcute Care Hospitals 19.17 miles away15790 Paul Vega Md Drive Hammond Louisiana 70403Government - Hospital District or Authority(985) 345-2700
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Dialysis Systems of Covington1.34 miles away210 Greenbriar Blvd Covington Louisiana 70433Dialysis Stations: 12 (985) 875-1915
- Fkc - Tchefuncte River1.58 miles away397 Hwy 21 Ste 602 Madisonville Louisiana 70447Dialysis Stations: 18 (985) 792-5334
- Davita Covington Trace Dialysis3.01 miles away3999 Hwy 190 E Service Rd Suite A Covington Louisiana 70433Dialysis Stations: 13 (985) 276-1995
- Fmcna - Pontchartrain Kidney Ctr3.49 miles away170 Greenbriar Dr Ste A Covington Louisiana 70433Dialysis Stations: 16 (985) 893-7265
- Fkc - Abita6.98 miles away21501 Hwy 36 Abita Springs Louisiana 70420Dialysis Stations: 13 (985) 898-4898
- Fmcna - Lacombe14.47 miles away64026 Highway 434, Ste 100 Lacombe Louisiana 70445Dialysis Stations: 12 (985) 882-0097
- Fmcna - Florida Parish Kidney Ctr18.99 miles away16081 Doctors Blvd Ste A Hammond Louisiana 70403Dialysis Stations: 23 (985) 345-5621
- Hammond Dialysis Clinic, LLC19.2 miles away42286 Veterans Ave Hammond Louisiana 70403Dialysis Stations: 17 (985) 345-8855