Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr is the lone nursing home we were able to find in Mansfield, Louisiana. This proved to be a solid facility, with an overall grade of B-. At the end of the day, this place ought to be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Physical Therapy
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Facility Inspections
The main reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection score. In fact, its inspection score was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. Inspection grades are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's more impressive category grades was in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, 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
We gave this nursing home just a D for our short-term care grade. This is not one of our better scores. In determining 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 typically a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we considered the number 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 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed was nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it an F for this area, which is a poor grade. This is certainly a major disappointment. We scrutinized the levels of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. With a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this place's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
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, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 2.69% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 16.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 22.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 1.51% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 85.51% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 19.03% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 13.75% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 2.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 13.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 13.45 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Desoto Retirement & Rehab Ctr, 67.8% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with better 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
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna - Desoto Dialysis1.33 miles away1410 Mcarthur Dr Mansfield Louisiana 71052CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (318) 871-8700