Jefferson Healthcare Center
2200 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans LA 70121 · (504) 837-3144 · 79.63% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Jefferson Healthcare Center is one of 17 options in New Orleans, Louisiana. This facility is a subpar facility. A score in this range indicates we found some red flags. We ranked this in the bottom half of facilities in New Orleans. In a city with plenty of other facilities, you will probably be able to find an alternative. Nevertheless, this nursing home did just fine in our inspections category, which you can find more information about below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 222 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were fairly low on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid places that had a long list of severe deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. The lack of deficiencies proved to be this nursing home's best achievement.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable score was long-term care, but it nevertheless earned just a D in that area. This turns out to be a well below average score. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 95.827126 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place fared much worse with 2.87 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this statistic is nearly double the national average.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing category is based on quite a few factors, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provided a meager 3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. On top of receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this nursing home was less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and found this place was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic really pulled down this facility's nursing rating substantially.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 30.4 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Jefferson Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better