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Diversicare of Batesville

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Diversicare of Batesville's website

154 Woodland Road,
Batesville MS 38606

(662) 563-5636

68.23% estimated occupancy ¹

Diversicare of Batesville is located in Batesville, Mississippi. This city has 16,127 people. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our best scores. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the nation. As you can see below, this facility also performed well in our category grades. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Dialysis Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility also was superb in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our short-term care grades are believed to be most important for individuals requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we rated was long-term care. In this area, we gave this facility a favorable grade of B. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 94.680855 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Diversicare of Batesville Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Diversicare of Batesville, 10.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Diversicare of Batesville, 3.39% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who sustained falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Diversicare of Batesville, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Diversicare of Batesville, 21.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Diversicare of Batesville, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Diversicare of Batesville, 1.78% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Diversicare of Batesville, 93.49% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Diversicare of Batesville, 18.69% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Diversicare of Batesville, 17.05% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Diversicare of Batesville, 2.16 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Diversicare of Batesville, 17.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.