Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating

635 Schley Street,
Mansfield LA 71052

41.77% estimated occupancy ¹

Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr is a large nursing home in Mansfield, Louisiana. Featuring an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. Based on our ratings, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Few facilities performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. 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 still had a generally positive view of this nursing home's recent inspections.

Long-term Care Quality

In addition, we awarded this facility a B in our long-term care category. This is one of our more impressive scores. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

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Nurse Quality

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing score. We gave this facility a grade of D. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. In this nursing home's case, quantity of care does not appear to be the problem. According to its CMS data, this nursing home provided an average of 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was above the national average. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this facility did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was above the national average in both of these statistics.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's worst category is short-term care, which is the final category we scored. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area. Even with a few decent scores in other categories, this grade is still alarming so we wanted to make sure you are aware. With our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its poor rating in this area, we were not stunned to discover this facility provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 30.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 9.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 2.75% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 15.82% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 22.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 1.57% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 89.69% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 17.57% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 16.33% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 1.86 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 16.33 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 12.99 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 64% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Desoto Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away207 Jefferson Street Mansfield Louisiana 71052Voluntary non-profit - Private(318) 872-4610