Clarksdale Nursing Center is a small nursing home located in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Featuring an overall score of C, this is a solid facility. Based on our assessment, this place should be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's profile was is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Clarksdale Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Individual
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of having a decent overall score, we also would like to point out that this place received favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in this area, with a B+. This is a notably better score than the nursing home's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable category is its long-term care grade, where it was given a grade of B-. Long-term care scores are essential for prospective residents seeking non-healthcare services such as personal care. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a respectable score in the area of short-term care, with a C. Our short-term care scores are likely most critical for people needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The tricky part is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Nurse Quality
The last category we rated was nursing, which was a low point for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D in our nursing category. We weighed the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This place averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This place performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clarksdale Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 10.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 3.39% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 21.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 1.78% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 93.49% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 18.69% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 17.05% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 2.16 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 17.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 15.26 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.56 miles away1970 Hospital Drive Clarksdale Mississippi 38614Proprietary(662) 627-3211
- Quitman County Hospital CahCritical Access Hospitals 16.42 miles away340 Getwell Drive Marks Mississippi 38646Proprietary(662) 326-8031
Nearby Dialysis
- Rcg Clarksdale0.72 miles away2010 N. State St. Clarksdale Mississippi 38614CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (662) 627-4786