J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home is the sole facility located in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid facility. This nursing home seems to have a few things working in its favor. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This place really fared well in the area of long-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this category. If it wasn't for this area, this place's overall score would have likely been worse. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.5671 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. The nursing grade weighs several subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility really did not fare well. With a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is its weakest area. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 9.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 2.76% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents which had a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 15.79% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 22.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 1.54% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 89.03% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 17.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 16.37% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels. Many argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 1.85 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 16.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 12.9 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, 63.81% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Martin HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 8.94 miles away210 Champagne Boulevard Breaux Bridge Louisiana 70517Voluntary non-profit - Private(337) 332-2178
- Opelousas General Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 12.58 miles away539 East Prudhomme Street Opelousas Louisiana 70570Government - Hospital District or Authority(337) 948-3011
- University Hospital & ClinicsAcute Care Hospitals 14.93 miles away2390 West Congress Lafayette Louisiana 70506Voluntary non-profit - Private(337) 261-6000
- Lafayette General Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.1 miles away1214 Coolidge Avenue Lafayette Louisiana 70503Voluntary non-profit - Private(337) 289-7991
- Acadia St LandryCritical Access Hospitals 16.82 miles away810 South Broadway Street Church Point Louisiana 70525Government - Hospital District or Authority(337) 684-5435
- Heart Hospital of LafayetteAcute Care Hospitals 17.07 miles away1105 Kaliste Saloom Road Lafayette Louisiana 70508Proprietary(337) 521-1000
- Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.94 miles away4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette Louisiana 70508Voluntary non-profit - Private(337) 470-2100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna - Sunset8.17 miles away115 Acorn St Sunset Louisiana 70584Dialysis Stations: 16 (337) 662-3702
- Fmcna - Breaux Bridge9.42 miles away100 Champagne Blvd Bldg A Breaux Bridge Louisiana 70517Dialysis Stations: 12 (337) 332-6817
- Fmcna - Opelousas12.1 miles away528 E Vine St Opelousas Louisiana 70570Dialysis Stations: 22 (337) 948-1550
- Fmcna - North Lafayette12.21 miles away910 Martin Luther King Dr Lafayette Louisiana 70501Dialysis Stations: 18 (337) 234-0084
- Dci - Opelousas12.61 miles away927 E Prudhomme St Opelousas Louisiana 70570CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (337) 594-8535
- Dci - Kidney Treatment Options Ctr, LLC (Ktoc)13.01 miles away301 Alcide Dominique Road Lafayette Louisiana 70506Dialysis Stations: 26 (337) 456-7400
- Fmcna - East Lafayette13.38 miles away1340 Surrey Lafayette Louisiana 70501Dialysis Stations: 15 (337) 264-1265
- Dci - Kidney Care of Acadiana-Lafayette14.19 miles away224 St Landry Ste 3c Lafayette Louisiana 70506Dialysis Stations: 10 (337) 231-5511