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Christwood

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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100 Christwood Blvd.,
Covington LA 70433

(985) 898-0515

94.33% estimated occupancy 1

Christwood is a small non-profit facility in Covington, Louisiana. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of our better scores. You flat out can not do much better than this nursing home. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.

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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

Best Nursing Home in Louisiana badge

Best Nursing Home in Louisiana Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Louisiana badge

Best Nursing Home in Louisiana Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Covington, Louisiana badge

Best Nursing Home in Covington, Louisiana Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to performing well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an A+. Inspection scores are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

On the list of its many impressive grades, this nursing home received a strong long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in this category. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 97.82609 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to the third category, this nursing home also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Short-term care grades are commonly used to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. We weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

In the last category we analyzed, this facility was given an impressive grade grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home finished off a very impressive profile. We weighed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as good measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Christwood Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Christwood, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Christwood, 2.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients which sustained falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Christwood, 5% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who had a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A+

In Christwood, 0% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Christwood, 22.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Christwood, 2.38% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Christwood, 92.39% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Christwood, 23.53% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Christwood, 21.11% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Christwood, 21.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Christwood, 15.29% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Christwood, 83.26% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of 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