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Northridge Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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3612 Baker Blvd,
Baker LA 70714

(225) 778-0573

86.21% estimated occupancy 1

Northridge Care Center is the sole option we found in Baker, Louisiana. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. In our view, this place should be a solid choice for quite a few people. One of the better aspects of this facility's report card is its strong inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area, with an A-. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility also was given a positive grade in our long-term care category. We gave this facility an above average grade of B+ in this category. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 96.736595 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Another issue was the F this facility was given in the category of short-term care. Short-term care grades are generally used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this nursing home offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to our next category, this facility didn't fare well. With a rock bottom grade of F in nursing, this is this nursing home's worst category. Our nursing score is largely associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. 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 quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with solid scores for avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Northridge Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Northridge Care Center, 6.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Northridge Care Center, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Northridge Care Center, 0.73% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients who had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Northridge Care Center, 43.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Northridge Care Center, 15.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Northridge Care Center, 2.51% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Northridge Care Center, 96.66% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Northridge Care Center, 23.32% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Northridge Care Center, 21.42% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Northridge Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Northridge Care Center, 21.42% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Northridge Care Center, 16.56% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lane Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.09 miles away6300 Main Street Zachary Louisiana 70791Government - Hospital District or Authority(225) 658-4000
  • Baton Rouge General Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.86 miles away3600 Florida Blvd Baton Rouge Louisiana 70806Voluntary non-profit - Private(225) 387-7767
  • Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.5 miles away5000 Hennessy Blvd Baton Rouge Louisiana 70808Voluntary non-profit - Church(225) 765-6565
  • Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeAcute Care Hospitals 14.04 miles away17000 Medical Center Dr Baton Rouge Louisiana 70816Voluntary non-profit - Private(225) 752-2470
  • Womans HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.77 miles away100 Woman's Way Baton Rouge Louisiana 70817Voluntary non-profit - Private(225) 927-1300
  • West Feliciana Parish HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.8 miles away5266 Commerce Street, Building B Saint Francisville Louisiana 70775Government - Hospital District or Authority(225) 635-3811
  • Pointe Coupee General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.98 miles away2202 False River Drive New Roads Louisiana 70760Government - Hospital District or Authority(225) 368-6386

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmcna - Baker0.53 miles away4353 Groom Rd Baker Louisiana 70714CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (225) 775-0217
  • Fmcna - Zachary Crossroad3.74 miles away4709 Secretary Dr Zachary Louisiana 70791CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (225) 654-1450
  • Fmcna - Howell Place4.37 miles away7707 Howell Pl Blvd Baton Rouge Louisiana 70807CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (225) 357-3798
  • Davita - Scotlandville Dialysis5.21 miles away7797 Howell Blvd Baton Rouge Louisiana 70807Dialysis Stations: 18 (225) 357-6928
  • Fmcna - Airline6.54 miles away5948 Airline Hwy Baton Rouge Louisiana 70805CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (225) 357-9055
  • Fmcna - Foster Dr Dialysis Svcs8.81 miles away1919 N Foster Dr Baton Rouge Louisiana 70806CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (225) 354-1611
  • Fmcna - Dialysis Services of Bon Carre9.87 miles away7656 Realtors Ave Baton Rouge Louisiana 70806Dialysis Stations: 20 (225) 216-0388
  • Davita - Mid City Dialysis9.87 miles away2902 Florida Blvd Baton Rouge Louisiana 70802Dialysis Stations: 13 (225) 766-0093

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=195561