North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation is a small nursing home in Meridian, Mississippi. This is a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal score. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it ahead of most of the facilities in Meridian, which has a good selection of facilities. Scroll down to see this facility's category scores, which are also quite good. It is hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being an elite nursing home overall, this facility performed well in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed this well in this area. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. It doesn't appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf resume, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care area. In fact, it received a score of A for that area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this nursing home was awarded first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.32164 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
In the last category, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent nursing grade, with a grade of B+. This finished off a very favorable profile. Our nursing score is primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 4.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 5.85% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 2.41% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 26.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 31.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 97.66% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 16.36% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 12.87% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 0.8 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 12.87% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 9.38% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In North Pointe Health & Rehabilitation, 75.62% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Meridian, MS
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Meridian, Mississippi has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Rush Foundation HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.7 miles away1314 19th Ave Meridian Mississippi 39301Voluntary non-profit - Private(601) 483-0011
- Anderson Regional Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 4.73 miles away2124 14 St Meridian Mississippi 39301Voluntary non-profit - Private(601) 553-6000
- Anderson Rmc SouthAcute Care Hospitals 4.92 miles away1102 Constitution Avenue Meridian Mississippi 39301Proprietary(601) 484-3590
Nearby Dialysis
- Rcg Meridian3.8 miles away2205 Hwy 39 North Meridian Mississippi 39301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 61 (601) 483-0606
- Rcg Mississippi, Inc4.89 miles away1300 38th Avenue East Meridian Mississippi 39301Dialysis Stations: 14 (601) 482-4808