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Morgan City Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Morgan City Health Care Center's website

740 Justa Street,
Morgan City LA 70380

(985) 384-1726

77.61% estimated occupancy ¹

Morgan City Health Care Center is the only nursing home we were able to find in Morgan City, Louisiana. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally indicates some concerning datapoints. This is not the worse facility we looked at, however, we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. Nevertheless, this nursing home did just fine in our inspections category, which you can find more information about below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Optometry

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Facility Inspections

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a list of deficiencies flagged. 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. In spite of this deficiency, this place still had a relatively favorable report.

Long-term Care Quality

Sadly, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its long-term care rating, which happens to be one of its better category grades. For residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After considering the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 97.89916 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

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Nurse Quality

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we analyzed is short-term care. We gave it a lowly F in this area, which is an abysmal score. Our short-term care scores are critical for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Considering its score in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 3.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Morgan City Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 11.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 2.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which have sustained falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 0.47% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 0.66% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 23.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 5.33% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 86.92% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 26.42% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 12.11% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels. Some believe that mobility is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Morgan City Health Care Center, 12.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.