Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a small nursing home located in Leakesville, Mississippi. This is a quality nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average grade. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this place. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
1300 Melody Lane/PO Box 640,
Leakesville MS 39451
77.83% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection ratings are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent 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
Contributing to this facility's list of accomplishments, it also was given a top-shelf long-term care score. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this area. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to offering very impressive levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 97.61905 percent of its residents. This percentage is also far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. While it had 2.19 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than most facilities due to it having some more complicated patients.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received high marks in the category of nursing. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls which lead to major injury, this facility performed as well as any facility in Mississippi.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was short-term care, which was a weak spot for this facility. We gave this facility a D in short-term care, rendering this the facility's worst category grade. We'd still suggest that you look at the bigger picture. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. In this place's case, it looks like it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 32.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 10.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 3.22% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 20.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 22.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.28% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 93.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 19.45% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 23.12% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1.72 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 23.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.75 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Leakesville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 67.86% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Greene County Hospital CahCritical Access Hospitals 0.51 miles away1017 Jackson Street Leakesville Mississippi 39451Government - Local(601) 394-4135
- George Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 15.69 miles away859 Winter Street Lucedale Mississippi 39452Government - Local(601) 947-3161
Nearby Dialysis
- Lucedale Dialysis15.82 miles away652 Manila Street Lucedale Mississippi 39452Dialysis Stations: 16 (601) 947-8701