Whitfield Nursing Home

Whitfield Nursing Home is a small facility located in Corinth, Mississippi. Sporting an overall grade of A, this facility is one of the most elite nursing homes we looked at. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the nation. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.

To pair with a favorable overall grade, we gave this place an A+ for inspections. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.

Another reason we assessed this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as elite as it gets in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 90.38461 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. The last statistic we assessed was its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 3.56 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this category, this figure can be skewed for some facilities based on some of the medical complexity of patients.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing grade includes a variety of factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The last area we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B. While this turned out to be its least impressive category rating, this is still a strong grade. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. It doesn't look like this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.