Heritage Manor of Franklinton
2000 Main Street, Franklinton LA 70438 · (985) 839-4491 · 78.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Heritage Manor of Franklinton is an average-sized facility located in Franklinton, Louisiana. With a really poor overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Franklinton. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 114 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid facilities that had a long list of severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of long-term care, this facility was given just a D in this area. As it turns out, this wound up being its second best grade. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 92.59259 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is slightly lower than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. We were stunned with the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 3.71 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is more than double the national average. This is certainly a concerning statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only earned a grade of D for its short-term care grade, which is not an impressive grade. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 41.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we looked at is nursing, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade in this area also. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is obviously a major concern. Our nursing score is largely associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This place offered a meager 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. On top of performing poorly in terms of nursing hours, this facility also had rock bottom scores in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing grades. For starters, we looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at more than double the national average in both of these metrics.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Manor of Franklinton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better