Indianola Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
401 Highway 82 West, Indianola MS 38751 · (662) 252-1141 · 92.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Indianola, Mississippi, Indianola Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is the lone option located there. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a quality rating. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this place an A+ for the area of inspections. Inspection scores are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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
In addition, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave it one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B+. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
The third best category we awarded this facility in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a C. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services In order to provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 36.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this is below average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our last category, this facility was awarded a respectable nursing score of C. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this category. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in some of the metrics we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are typically good measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Indianola Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better