Old Jefferson Community Care Center
8340 Baringer Foreman Road., Baton Rouge LA 70817 · (225) 753-3203 · 88.89% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Old Jefferson Community Care Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+, making it one of the five highest rated facilities in Baton Rouge. Even with Baton Rouge offering 22 other nursing homes to choose from, this facility managed to stand out as a fine option. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 136 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given impressive marks in the area of long-term care as well. As a result, we gave it one of our highest grades in that area with a area of A. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.97 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place is just about middle of the road in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an impressive short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be a real strength for this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in this area with 68.6 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at is nursing, which is this facility's least impressive area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this area. Nevertheless, you shouldn't judge this nursing home based only on one bad area, since it was awarded a few excellent grades in other areas. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. Although this nursing home's nursing hours are below average, it surprised us in some of the qualitative data points in this category. In particular, we were pleased to find that its residents are sustaining fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Old Jefferson Community Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better