Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is in Columbia, Mississippi, a city with a population of 17,657 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some decent marks. This nursing home seems to have a few things going for it. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in nursing. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to note that this facility received impressive long-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our higher scores in this category, with a B. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, we awarded this nursing home a D in short-term care. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Of course, this grade hurt the facility's overall grade a bit. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 10.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 3.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which have experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 20.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 22.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 2.3% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 93.75% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 18.95% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 20.82% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1.95 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 20.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 13.63 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of 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 Columbia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 69.18% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Marion General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.43 miles away1560 Sumrall Rd Columbia Mississippi 39429Voluntary non-profit - Other(601) 736-6303
Nearby Dialysis
- Columbia Dialysis2.91 miles away1214 Highway 98 Bypass Columbia Mississippi 39429CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (601) 731-1234