Myrtles Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Myrtles Nursing Center's website

1018 Alberta Avenue,
Columbia MS 39429

(601) 731-1745

83.46% estimated occupancy ¹

Myrtles Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home in Columbia, Mississippi. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall score, we gave this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose 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

Adding to this nursing home's list of achievements, it also was given a very favorable long-term care grade. We awarded them a strong grade of A- in this area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

The next highest category we gave this facility in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is often a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Switching gears to the final category, we gave this facility a D in the area of nursing. This is the facility's worst category score. Unfortunately, this score pulled down the facility's overall profile to some degree. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Myrtles Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 10.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 3.39% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 21.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 1.78% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 93.49% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 18.69% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 17.05% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 2.16 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 17.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Myrtles Nursing Center, 15.26 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.