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Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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1500 Broad Avenue,
Gulfport MS 39501

(228) 822-6900

74.1% estimated occupancy 1

Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center is a facility located in Gulfport, Mississippi, a city with a population of 83,530 people. It looks like this is a quality nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. Indeed, this is better than most of the nursing homes in Gulfport. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - City/county
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for this area, which is one of our best scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this facility's list of achievements, it also received a superb long-term care score. We awarded them an impressive strong of A- in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.26471 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. The nursing rating weighs many factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to our fourth area, this facility was given an acceptable short-term care score. Even though this wasn't as impressive as many of its other category grades, this is truly nothing to be ashamed of. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is frequently a useful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 10.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 1.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 3.27% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 20.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 22.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 99.14% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 14.17% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 18.85% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 18.85% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 12.56% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center, 51.38% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Scores for Gulfport, MS

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

Looking for more options? Gulfport, Mississippi has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Memorial Hospital at GulfportAcute Care Hospitals 0.34 miles away4500 13th Street Gulfport Mississippi 39502Government - Local(228) 867-4000
  • Garden Park Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.23 miles away15200 Community Road Gulfport Mississippi 39503Proprietary(228) 575-7000
  • Merit Health BiloxiAcute Care Hospitals 13.89 miles away150 Reynoir Street Biloxi Mississippi 39530Proprietary(228) 436-1104
  • Ochsner Medical Center-HancockAcute Care Hospitals 14.77 miles away149 Drinkwater Blvd Bay Saint Louis Mississippi 39520Government - Local(228) 467-8600

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Gulfport S. Ms Kidney Ctr0.59 miles away4300 a West Railroad Street Gulfport Mississippi 39501CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (228) 864-0009
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  • Fmc Biloxi14.01 miles away784 Vieux Marche Mall Biloxi Mississippi 39530Dialysis Stations: 22 (228) 436-9204
  • Fmc Diberville15 miles away10374 Lamey Bridge Road Diberville Mississippi 39540Dialysis Stations: 12 (228) 392-1300
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