Heritage Manor Health & Rehab
110 Serio Blvd, Ferriday LA 71334 · (318) 757-8671 · 41.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Heritage Manor Health & Rehab is a facility located in Ferriday, Louisiana, which has a population of 9,839 people. Featuring an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. Based on our ratings, there are definitely far worse nursing homes out there. This nursing home didn't excel in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest category came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated only 81.14285 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. This facility did not excel here either, with 3.43 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this number may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's next best score was short-term care. As it turns out, with a D in this category, it still fared relatively poorly. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most meaningful for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its poor grade, we were not shocked to find that this nursing home provided substantially fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 31.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The final area we looked at was nursing, which turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. Our nursing rating analyzes several factors, but the paramount consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is slightly below the national average. This nursing home also had terrible marks in several of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than twice the national average in this statistic.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Manor Health & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better