River Chase Village is located in Gautier, Mississippi. This turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. We also gave this facility impressive grades in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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River Chase Village
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an A for short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are critical for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. We gave it a grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B. This nursing home did not turn out to have any weak links. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 98.34254 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
River Chase Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In River Chase Village, 2.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In River Chase Village, 6.63% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that experienced falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In River Chase Village, 6.74% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In River Chase Village, 7.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In River Chase Village, 18.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In River Chase Village, 10.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In River Chase Village, 97.58% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In River Chase Village, 22.46% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In River Chase Village, 36.4% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In River Chase Village, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In River Chase Village, 36.4% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In River Chase Village, 18.08% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In River Chase Village, 82.57% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Singing River Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 7.67 miles away2809 Denny Av Pascagoula Mississippi 39581Government - Local(228) 809-5000
- Merit Health BiloxiAcute Care Hospitals 14.35 miles away150 Reynoir Street Biloxi Mississippi 39530Proprietary(228) 436-1104
Nearby Dialysis
- Singing River Dialysis7.29 miles away4907 Telephone Rd Pascagoula Mississippi 39567CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (228) 762-0701
- Ocean Springs Dialysis10.52 miles away13150 Ponce De Leon Rd Ocean Springs Mississippi 39564CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (228) 818-3201
- Fmc Biloxi14.23 miles away784 Vieux Marche Mall Biloxi Mississippi 39530Dialysis Stations: 22 (228) 436-9204
- Fmc Diberville14.61 miles away10374 Lamey Bridge Road Diberville Mississippi 39540Dialysis Stations: 12 (228) 392-1300
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.19.14 miles away12401 Skopelos Rd Grand Bay Alabama 36541Dialysis Stations: 27 (251) 865-2102