John J Hainkel Jr Home and Rehabilitation Center

John J Hainkel Jr Home and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in New Orleans, Louisiana which has a total of 382,333 people. Featuring an overall rating of A, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. Indeed, this proved to be quite a bit better than most of the nursing homes in New Orleans. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it maintains its high level of care.

On top of faring well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was given a high-end long-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second strongest category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data is top notch also. In fact, it vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 3.6 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this figure can be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of patients.

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is far more care than what is offered by most nursing homes. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its patients sustaining falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in the state. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Switching gears to our final area, this nursing home also performed well in the short-term care category. We awarded it a grade of B+ for that area. This completed a very strong profile. In our short-term care rating, we strive to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.