The Bluffs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

The Bluffs Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center sits about 2.4 miles outside Vicksburg, Mississippi, and works as a skilled nursing facility with 120 beds, although it's certified for 107 beds and usually holds around 93 residents each day, providing care to people who need long-term nursing or short-term rehab after leaving the hospital, and you'll find the center accepts both Medicare and Medicaid. This place gives care for different needs including skilled nursing, long-term and short-term rehab, intermediate care for frail residents, assisted living services, Alzheimer's and Memory Care, and telemedicine, and you'll see the staff includes registered nurses, LPNs, CNAs, therapy staff, and care is available for about 12 to 16 hours a day with a 24-hour call system and supervision. Services include help with daily things like bathing, dressing, medication management, and transfers, along with non-ambulatory care, outpatient rehab, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy, and the center works to help residents recover and maintain their health and also offers pneumonia vaccinations to almost all residents, reaching about 95%.

The rooms come in several layouts-studio, semi-private, shared, and companion-with each furnished and having a private bathroom, cable TV, kitchenettes, air conditioning, phone, and Wi-Fi, so residents have some comforts, and there's a dining room with chef-prepared meals, diabetes diets, allergy-sensitive options, restaurant-style dining, plus three meals each day and snacks. The Bluffs also adds some life to the days with an arts room, library, game room, spa, wellness room, fitness room, daily scheduled and resident-run activities, movie nights, fitness programs, business room, garden, outdoor spaces, and walking paths, and even helps with transportation, parking, housekeeping, laundry, family support services, and outdoor programs. Residents can join the councils-there's a resident council and a family council-and the staff keeps safety protocols in place so people stay safe from harm and free from physical restraints unless it's really needed for medical reasons.

The Bluffs is managed by Amanda Morgan since 2018 and has been under control of Nexion Health, Inc., and the ownership goes through Nexion Health Of Ohi Inc, with ties to Nexion Health Leasing, Inc., Bretton Bolt, and Francis Kirley, all running it as a for-profit nursing home with Medicare certification and several inspection reports logged. Quality scores have been mixed over time-historical grades like C, D, and F with a current CMS star rating of 1 out of 5 for nursing home services, and an average user rating of 7.9 out of 10, which puts the facility at the 4th highest in Vicksburg, and long-term care sits at a B+ grade. Inspections have found 23 deficiencies along with 2 infection-related issues, and some recent ratings suggest areas still need work, though the center has a low hospitalization rate for long-term residents at just 0.03 per thousand days. Nurse staff turnover hits about 58.7% and staff usually provide 3.64 nurse hours per resident per day, so there's a fair bit of change among staff, though the occupancy rate is high-almost 89%. The Bluffs operates close to other healthcare providers, like Medical Associates of Vicksburg and Battlefield Discount Drugs, and keeps a website online with details for interested families and residents.