Maison Teche Nursing Center

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in this area with an A+. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Another one of this facility's better category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. It actually fared better than most facilities in this area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.76923 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

The final area we scored is short-term care, which turned out to be this facility's worst category. We gave it an F in this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this nursing home's short-term care score.