River Heights Healthcare Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Greenville, Mississippi. We gave this facility a very impressive overall rating of A-. Consequently, it is ranked among the better facilities in Greenville, which features some very good nursing homes. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you'll find. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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River Heights Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-minus
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
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. Inspection scores are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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
Grade: A-minus
Adding to its superb profile, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, it received a grade of A- in the category. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.93103 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Nursing grades are mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B
The next area we graded is short-term care, in which this nursing home received a B. Although this wound up being its weakest category rating, this is nevertheless a good rating. In our short-term care score, we try to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
River Heights Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: D
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 12.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 0.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which have sustained a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-minus
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 16.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 19.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care residents which were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 97.72% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 18.9% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A-minus
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 22.54% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: C
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 22.54% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: F
In River Heights Healthcare Center, 58.66% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Greenville, MS
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Greenville, Mississippi has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Delta Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1 miles away1400 E Union St Greenville Mississippi 38704Government - Local(662) 378-3783
- Chicot Memorial Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.5 miles away2729 South Highway 65 & 82 Lake Village Arkansas 71653Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 265-5351
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio-Medical Applications of Mississippi, Inc1.02 miles away1409 E. Union Street Greenville Mississippi 38703Dialysis Stations: 9 (662) 332-7100
- Rcg Greenville2.06 miles away2001 S Medical Park Drive Greenville Mississippi 38703CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (662) 378-2454
- Fkc - Lake Village14.47 miles away505 Saint Marys Street Lake Village Arkansas 71653Dialysis Stations: 15 (870) 265-3837
