Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center is the only facility we found in Deridder, Louisiana. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some decent marks. This nursing home has some things working in its favor. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
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Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation 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
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave it a grade of A. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Based on this, we had positive view of this nursing home's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a positive long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B in this category, which is one of our more favorable scores. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.744774 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second lowest score was short-term care, where it received a grade of just D in that area. This is a well below average score. With our short-term care score, we try to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we rated was nursing. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a rock bottom score. This is obviously a major disappointment. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in computing our rating in this area. This place offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 2.69% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better nursing care can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 16.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 22.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 1.51% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 85.51% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 19.03% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 13.75% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 2.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 13.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Deridder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, 13.45 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Beauregard Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.34 miles away600 S Pine Street Deridder Louisiana 70634Government - Hospital District or Authority(337) 462-7100
- Bayne-Jones Ach (Ft Polk)Acute Care - Department of Defense 16.3 miles away1585 3rd Street Fort Polk Fort Polk Louisiana 71459Department of Defense(337) 531-3118
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Deridder Dialysis1.38 miles away239 E First St Deridder Louisiana 70634Dialysis Stations: 12 (337) 462-0950