Copiah Living Center

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Not many nursing homes fared better in this category. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Another one of this nursing home's above average category scores came in the category of long-term care. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B+. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. We assessed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in computing our score in this area. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility 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.

Moving on to the fourth category, this nursing home received a grade of C for short-term care, which we consider to be an acceptable grade. Our short-term care scores are presumably most critical for folks requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.