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The Columns Community Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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The Columns Community Care Center's website

3025 Fourth Street,
Jonesville LA 71343

(318) 339-4344

63.21% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Jonesville, Louisiana, The Columns Community Care Center is the sole option we found in this city. With an overall grade of B+, this is a strong facility. We rated this nursing home as one of the top 50 facilities in Louisiana. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Very few places performed this well in this area. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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

We also gave this facility a score of A- for our long-term care grade. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

The next category we graded is short-term care. This nursing home received an impressive short-term care grade, with a grade of B in this category. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

The last area we graded is nursing. In that area, we gave this facility a decent grade of C. This turned out to be this facility's weakest category. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below average. Finally, we look at quality-based statistics, such as the percent of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Columns Community Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Columns Community Care Center, 8.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Columns Community Care Center, 2.51% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Columns Community Care Center, 1.29% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a UTI. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Columns Community Care Center, 11.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Columns Community Care Center, 23.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Columns Community Care Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Columns Community Care Center, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Columns Community Care Center, 12.5% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Columns Community Care Center, 8.1% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In The Columns Community Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Columns Community Care Center, 8.1% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In The Columns Community Care Center, 14.5% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In The Columns Community Care Center, 84.35% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation.