Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family is a large non-profit facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. We gave this facility a C overall, which isn't a bad score. This is comparable with the city grade in New Orleans, which is a B-. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should 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. Based on this, we still had a generally positive view of this facility's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's more impressive category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 71.55425 percent of its patients. This is a few points lower than we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. We gave this nursing home a grade of D. Nursing ratings are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed was short-term care, which was a weak link for this facility. We awarded this facility a grade of just D in our short-term care category. In our short-term care category, we seek to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Based on its score in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the figures we assessed. Frankly, this was about what we expected to find. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 9.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 2.79% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 16.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 1.48% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 89.54% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 17.84% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 15.38% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 2.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 15.38 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, 64.63% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for New Orleans, LA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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