Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

This nursing home received a nursing rating which is better than its overall score. We awarded this facility an above average score of B+ in this category. Our nursing rating is largely associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Another one of this facility's more favorable category grades came in the category of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.425285 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

This facilities next best category was short-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our short-term care ratings are important for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection rating. We gave it a score of just D in this category. Inspection ratings relate to a facility's inspections. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. Generally, you should be most cautious when considering a nursing home with severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This particular facility had 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 6 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.