Greene Rural Health Center is in Leakesville, Mississippi. This city has 7,181 people. Featuring an overall score of A, this is clearly an elite nursing home. We were impressed enough to rank this nursing home as one of the 50 best facilities in Mississippi. As you can see below, this place also performed just fine in our category scores. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Greene Rural Health Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Very few nursing homes fared this well in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another reason we graded this facility so favorably is that it received an A+ long-term care score. This is flat out as strong as it gets in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B. While this ended up being its worst category rating, this is still a good score. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Greene Rural Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Greene Rural Health Center, 5.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Greene Rural Health Center, 4.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Greene Rural Health Center, 0.53% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which have experienced UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Greene Rural Health Center, 26.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Greene Rural Health Center, 20.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Greene Rural Health Center, 0.55% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Greene Rural Health Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Greene Rural Health Center, 14.38% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Some believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Greene Rural Health Center, 8.84% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Greene Rural Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Greene Rural Health Center, 8.84% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Greene County Hospital CahCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away1017 Jackson Street Leakesville Mississippi 39451Government - Local(601) 394-4135
- George Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 16.11 miles away859 Winter Street Lucedale Mississippi 39452Government - Local(601) 947-3161
Nearby Dialysis
- Lucedale Dialysis16.25 miles away652 Manila Street Lucedale Mississippi 39452Dialysis Stations: 16 (601) 947-8701