Marrero Healthcare Center
5301 August Avenue, Marrero LA 70072 · (504) 341-3658 · 75.23% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Marrero Healthcare Center is one of only two available facilities in Marrero, Louisiana. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road rating. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely far worse places out there. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 105 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of long-term care, we awarded this facility a grade of A in that category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.00332 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Next we looked at nursing grades, where this nursing home received an F, which is a rock bottom grade. This area was definitely not a strength for this facility. The nursing grade analyzes a handful of factors, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averaged just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. In addition to its below average nursing hour totals, this nursing home received poor marks in several of the quality-based measures we considered in computing our nursing ratings. We found that a higher percentage of this nursing home's patients experienced falls leading to serious injury.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. It received a lowly F for this category, which is obviously very concerning. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It appears that this nursing home was subpar in the two key staffing metrics we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 38.3 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Marrero Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better