Gonzales Healthcare Center is an average-sized government-owned facility in Gonzales, Louisiana. With an overall score of C, this is likely a decent facility. Based on our assessment, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this place's report card was its remarkable inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Gonzales Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Federal
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best area turned out to be long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated only 86.97183 percent of its patients against pneumonia. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. We gave this facility an impressive grade of D. Nursing scores are largely associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the last area, we awarded this nursing home a D in short-term care. This is the facility's worst category rating. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be more meaningful for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Given its weak score in this category, we weren't shocked to discover that this place provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gonzales Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 9.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 2.79% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that have sustained UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 16.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 1.48% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 89.54% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 17.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 15.38% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 2.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 15.38 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 12.77 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gonzales Healthcare Center, 64.63% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- St James Behavioral Health Hospital, IncPsychiatric 2.51 miles away3136 South St Landry Road Gonzales Louisiana 70737Voluntary non-profit - Private(225) 647-7524
- Prevost Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.96 miles away301 Memorial Dr Donaldsonville Louisiana 70346Government - Hospital District or Authority(225) 474-2133
- Womans HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.48 miles away100 Woman's Way Baton Rouge Louisiana 70817Voluntary non-profit - Private(225) 927-1300
- Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeAcute Care Hospitals 14.88 miles away17000 Medical Center Dr Baton Rouge Louisiana 70816Voluntary non-profit - Private(225) 752-2470
- Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.84 miles away5000 Hennessy Blvd Baton Rouge Louisiana 70808Voluntary non-profit - Church(225) 765-6565
- St James Parish HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.32 miles away1645 Lutcher Avenue Lutcher Louisiana 70071Government - Hospital District or Authority(225) 869-5512
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna - Gonzales0.65 miles away2326 South Darla Ave Gonzales Louisiana 70737Dialysis Stations: 17 (225) 647-4814
- Davita - Magnolia Dialysis0.65 miles away1125 South Burnside Ave Gonzales Louisiana 70737Dialysis Stations: 17 (225) 644-4490
- Davita - Prairieville5.63 miles away17123 Commerce Center Dr Prairieville Louisiana 70769Dialysis Stations: 17 (225) 673-1127
- Fmcna - Ascension5.63 miles away17392 Vallee Ct Prairieville Louisiana 70769Dialysis Stations: 17 (225) 622-0685
- Fmcna - Donaldsonville Dialysis9.89 miles away101 Plimsol Dr Donaldsonville Louisiana 70346Dialysis Stations: 16 (225) 473-1139
- Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program15.16 miles away5399 Mancuso Lane Baton Rouge Louisiana 70809Dialysis Stations: 15 (225) 819-2036
- Fmcna - Mancuso15.29 miles away4848 Mancuso Ln, Ste A Baton Rouge Louisiana 70809Dialysis Stations: 21 (225) 766-6773
- Davita - Essen Lane Dialysis15.59 miles away7703 Picardy Ave Baton Rouge Louisiana 70808Dialysis Stations: 21 (225) 769-8669