Louisiana War Veterans Home

In addition to being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Very few places performed this well in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more 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.

To add to its high-end achievements in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A- for its long-term care score. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Clearly we were impressed with what we found for this area.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. There are a variety of datapoints included in this grade. Many of the factors relate to nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home also performed admirably in our short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ for that area. This rounded out a very strong profile. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.