Holmes County Long Term Care Center - Durant

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

This facility is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of B+. It outpaced most facilities in this category. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.666664 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The next area we assessed is short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very positive short-term care score, with a grade of B in the category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The final area we analyzed was nursing. In this category, we awarded this facility a decent grade of B-. This ended up being this nursing home's worst area. Our nursing rating is based on many subcategories. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing scores. This nursing home was relatively weak in a few of the major metrics we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are usually indicators of the quality of nursing care offered.