Diversicare of Eupora is the only facility we identified in Eupora, Mississippi. With an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most people. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Diversicare of Eupora
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 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
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving an elite overall score, this facility also received an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can offer a nursing home. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other accomplishments is its dominant long-term care grade. It received one of our best grades in that area, with a score of A-. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an impressive short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this category. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we graded is nursing, in which this facility was awarded a grade of B. This nursing home proved to be strong in each category we looked at. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diversicare of Eupora Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Diversicare of Eupora, 7.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Diversicare of Eupora, 1.34% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Diversicare of Eupora, 0.59% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Diversicare of Eupora, 13.87% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Diversicare of Eupora, 19.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Diversicare of Eupora, 5.97% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Diversicare of Eupora, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Diversicare of Eupora, 8.41% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Diversicare of Eupora, 10.31% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Some would argue that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Diversicare of Eupora, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Diversicare of Eupora, 10.31% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Diversicare of Eupora, 9.02% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Diversicare of Eupora, 96.51% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Webster General Hospital/ Swing BedAcute Care Hospitals 0.17 miles away70 Medical Plaza Eupora Mississippi 39744Voluntary non-profit - Other(662) 258-6221
- Choctaw Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.44 miles away8613 Ms Hwy 12 Ackerman Mississippi 39735Government - Local(662) 285-4400
Nearby Dialysis
- Rcg Eupora0.23 miles away241 Meadowlane Street Eupora Mississippi 39744Dialysis Stations: 13 (662) 258-6528