Union Co Health and Rehab Center
1111 Bratton Road, New Albany MS 38652 · (662) 539-0502 · 86.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in New Albany, Mississippi, Union Co Health and Rehab Center is one of just two available facilities in this area. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires favorable scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is a solid choice for most people. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its long-term care rating. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the main reasons this turned out to be a strong facility is that it received a very impressive long-term care rating. This ended up being its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the statistics we considered on top of this facility's quality nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.17073 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for seniors. The last statistic we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 2.21 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This facility also excelled in inspections. We gave it an B+ for that area, which is one of our highest grades. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range which received multiple category grades this high. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. It doesn't look like we have 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
This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This turned out to be more of a strength for this facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Mississippi with 57.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our final area, this facility was awarded a highly favorable nursing grade. This facility did not prove to have any weak grades. Our nursing grade includes quite a few subcategories, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this place performed as well as any nursing home in Mississippi.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Union Co Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better