The Bradford Rehabilitation Center
3050 Baird Road, Shreveport LA 71118 · (318) 688-1010 · 92.39% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Bradford Rehabilitation Center is just one of 21 possibilities in Shreveport, Louisiana. This nursing home was given an overall grade of F. We ranked this as one of the bottom three facilities in Shreveport. With countless other nursing homes in the city, you may simply want to look elsewhere. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 146 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this place a terrible overall score, we gave it a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. This is the result of the nursing home receiving a decent inspection report this year. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that had too many severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't perform too badly in the category of long-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C for that area, which happens to be another one of its higher grades. In computing our long-term care scores, we scrutinize the personal care offered to the nursing home's patients. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure was less impressive than its other scores in the long-term care area.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. As you might expect, we learned that this facility provides significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical nursing home. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 34.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored is nursing. This facility received a poor grade of F in this category. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular place provided a meager 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This number is well below average. On top of rating below average in nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also had poor scores in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at about 150 percent of the national average in both of these data points. This is a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These metrics pulled down this facility's nursing grade significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Bradford Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
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. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs 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
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better