Clarksdale Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Clarksdale Nursing Center's website

1120 Ritchie Ave,
Clarksdale MS 38614

(662) 627-2591

75.97% estimated occupancy ¹

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. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's long-term care rating proved to be its best feature. The facility earned a grade of B- in this category. In forming these long-term care grades, we analyze the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's second best area turned out to be short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. When determining a facility's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is well below average. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Facility Inspections

The final category we looked at was inspections. This score is based on the facility's recent inspections. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. Our inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This means this facility avoided the more ominous classes of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Clarksdale Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 10.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 3.26% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 20.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 22.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 2.3% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 93.75% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 18.95% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 20.82% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Some would argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 1.95 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Clarksdale Nursing Center, 20.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This 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, 13.63 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term 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