Elara Caring
5 Star CMS Rating
88%
Patient Recommended
5 Star Patient Rating
Services
Types of services offered to patients
| Offers Nursing Care Services | |
| Offers Home Health Aide Services | |
| Offers Physical Therapy Services | |
| Offers Occupational Therapy Services | |
| Offers Speech Pathology Services | |
| Offers Medical Social Services |
Ratings
HHCAHPS Survey Result Star Ratings
| 5 | HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team gave care in a professional way |
| 90 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for health team communicated well with them |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them |
| 5 | Star Rating team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety |
| 89 | Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them |
| 5 | Star Rating for how patients rated overall care from agency |
| 89 | Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest) |
| 88 | Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family |
| 329 | Number of completed surveys |
| 28 | Response rate |
Quality Measures
HHCAHPS Process Quality Measures
| 99.4 | How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner |
| 99.9 | How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs |
| 100 | How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling |
| 99.4 | How often the home health team checked patients for depression |
| 81.5 | How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season |
| 75.6 | How often the home health team made sure that their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot) |
| 99.4 | With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care |
| 85.7 | How often patients got better at walking or moving around |
| 83.4 | How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed |
| 89.7 | How often patients got better at bathing |
| 85.7 | How often patients' breathing improved |
| 95.5 | How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation |
| 83.1 | How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth |
| 15.6 | How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital |
| 12.8 | How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted |
| 94.8 | How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely |
| n/a | Changes in skin integrity post-acute care: pressure ulcer/injury |
Patient Outcome Statistics
Rates of Discharge to Community and Potentially Preventable Readmissions
| 671 | Observed Number of Discharges to Community |
| 1,137 | Number of Eligible Stays for DTC Measure |
| 59.01 | Observed Discharge to Community Rate |
| 62.18 | Risk-Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 59.44 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Discharge to Community Rate |
| 3 | DTC Comparative Performance Category Worse Than National Rate |
| 8 | Observed Number of Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Discharge |
| 433 | Number of Eligible Stays for PPR Measure |
| 1.85 | Observed Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 3.25 | Risk-Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2.37 | Lower Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 4.34 | Upper Limit of the 95% Confidence Interval on the Risk- Standardized Potentially Preventable Readmissions Rate |
| 2 | PPR Comparative Performance Category Same As National Rate |
| 1.05 | How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
| 3,428 | Number of episodes of care used to calculate how much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally |
Service Area
Areas Served by the Home Health Agency
| Anacoco, LA | 71403 |
| Belmont, LA | 71406 |
| Benton, LA | 71006 |
| Bethany, LA | 71007 |
| Bossier City, LA | 71111, 71112 |
| Converse, LA | 71419 |
| Coushatta, LA | 71019 |
| Doyline, LA | 71023 |
| Elm Grove, LA | 71051 |
| Fisher, LA | 71426 |
| Florien, LA | 71429 |
| Frierson, LA | 71027 |
| Gloster, LA | 71030 |
| Grand Cane, LA | 71032 |
| Greenwood, LA | 71033 |
| Haughton, LA | 71037 |
| Ida, LA | 71044 |
| Keatchie, LA | 71046 |
| Keithville, LA | 71047 |
| Leesville, LA | 71446 |
| Logansport, LA | 71049 |
| Mansfield, LA | 71052 |
| Many, LA | 71449 |
| Marthaville, LA | 71450 |
| Natchitoches, LA | 71457 |
| Noble, LA | 71462 |
| Pelican, LA | 71063 |
| Pineville, LA | 71360 |
| Pleasant Hill, LA | 71065 |
| Princeton, LA | 71067 |
| Ringgold, LA | 71068 |
| Robeline, LA | 71469 |
| Shreveport, LA | 71101, 71103, 71104, 71105, 71106, 71107, 71108, 71109, 71115, 71118, 71119, 71129 |
| Stonewall, LA | 71078 |
| Zwolle, LA | 71486 |