Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage is an average-sized facility in Carthage, Mississippi. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this facility is ranked among the higher-rated facilities we looked at. This is really as good of a nursing home as you're going to find. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its long-term care score. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1101 East Franklin Street,
Carthage MS 39051
78.28% estimated occupancy 1
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Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. After looking at the impressive nursing care provided by this facility, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.66443 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.71 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This is based on the place's inspection reports. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. There are numerous criteria within this category. Many of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very impressive figure which typically leads to better quality care. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B-. This is this facility's least impressive area. This is still not the end of the world. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 41.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 10.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 3.22% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents which had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 20.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 22.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 2.28% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 93.89% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 19.45% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 23.12% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 1.72 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 23.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Trend Health & Rehab of Carthage, 13.75 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baptist Medical Center-LeakeCritical Access Hospitals 0.29 miles away1100 Highway 16 East Carthage Mississippi 39051Voluntary non-profit - Private(601) 267-1422
Nearby Dialysis
- Isd Renal Inc0.16 miles away312 Ellis Street Carthage Mississippi 39051Dialysis Stations: 15 (601) 267-6856