Located in Southaven, Mississippi, Desoto Healthcare Center is one of just two facilities in this area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires solid scores in most areas. This nursing home definitely has plenty going for it. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
Desoto 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
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. One deficiency is not anything to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave them one of our higher scores in that area, with a score of B. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our third area, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.22064 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last category we analyzed is nursing. We gave it a B- in this category. This is a fair grade in this area. Our nursing rating is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a low total compared with most facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Desoto Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 10.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 3.26% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents who had a UTI. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 20.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 22.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 2.3% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 93.75% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 18.95% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 20.82% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 1.95 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 20.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 13.63 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Desoto Healthcare Center, 69.18% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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