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Shady Lake Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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5976 Highway 65 North,
Lake Providence LA 71254

(318) 559-2248

69.44% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Lake Providence, Louisiana, Shady Lake Nursing Home is the sole facility located in this city. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is a high-end rating. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making

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Nurse Quality

We also would like to point out that this facility earned an impressive grade of A for its nursing grade. The nursing score is based on several components, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place 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.

Long-term Care Quality

We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a strong score of A in our long-term care category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 72.661865 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Facility Inspections

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

The next category we graded is short-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B. Although this was not as strong as some of its other grades, it is still a fine grade. Short-term care ratings are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Shady Lake Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 1.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 1.44% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 26.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 21.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 1.22% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 81.98% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 23.62% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 19.33% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Shady Lake Nursing Home, 19.33% 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 avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

East Carroll Parish HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.03 miles away336 North Hood Street Lake Providence Louisiana 71254Government - Hospital District or Authority(318) 559-4023
West Carroll Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.91 miles away706 Ross Street Oak Grove Louisiana 71263Proprietary(318) 428-3237
Sharkey Issaquena Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.96 miles away47 South Fourth St Rolling Fork Mississippi 39159Government - Local(662) 873-4395

Nearby Dialysis

Fmcna - Oak Grove12.06 miles away711 E Jefferson Dr Oak Grove Louisiana 71263Dialysis Stations: 14 (318) 428-1385
Bio-Medical Applications of Mississippi, Inc19.77 miles away20019 Hwy 61 South p.o. Box 9 Rolling Fork Mississippi 39159Dialysis Stations: 10 (662) 873-2272