Yalobusha County Nursing Home is a large hospital-based nursing home located in Water Valley, Mississippi. This facility received an A- overall, which is an elite grade. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the country. The best part of this facility's profile was is its long-term care grade. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
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Yalobusha County Nursing Home
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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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. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This facility 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. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is more often than not a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated proved to be this facility's weakest category. However, even its worst category would actually be a highlight for most facilities. We awarded it an above average grade of B for our nursing category. Nursing ratings are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as good measures of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Yalobusha County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 7.07% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 4.3% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffered falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 3.23% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 16.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 37.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients showing symptoms of depression. Some experts believe this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 99.51% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 20% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 8.38% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 8.38% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Yalobusha County Nursing Home, 6.22% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsAcute Care Hospitals 16.46 miles away1100 Belk Blvd Oxford Mississippi 38655Voluntary non-profit - Private(662) 232-8100
- Panola Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.77 miles away303 Medical Center Drive Batesville Mississippi 38606Proprietary(662) 563-5611
Nearby Dialysis
- Rcg Oxford (Yokna River)16.51 miles away1760 Barron Street Oxford Mississippi 38655CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (662) 234-3412