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Welch Community Hospital

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Updated Oct 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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454 Mcdowell Street,
Welch WV 24801

(304) 436-8461

13.38% estimated occupancy 1

Welch Community Hospital is a small hospital-based nursing home in Welch, West Virginia. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ facility. Receiving an A+ in our grading system requires superb scores across the board. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 10 best nursing homes in West Virginia. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's stellar report card is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray

Awards

Top Nursing Home in West Virginia badge

Top Nursing Home in West Virginia Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in West Virginia badge

Best Nursing Home in West Virginia Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. The nursing score considers a number of datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home West Virginia in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents at least once a day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This facility also was given an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to receive several A+ category scores. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category, this nursing home also was awarded a first-rate short-term care rating, with an A-. This topped off an elusive straight A report card. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is considered to be a reliable assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Welch Community Hospital Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Welch Community Hospital, 5.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Welch Community Hospital, 10.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care residents which have experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Welch Community Hospital, 10.42% of Patients had UTIs

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Welch Community Hospital, 35.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Welch Community Hospital, 66.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Welch Community Hospital, 4.44% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Welch Community Hospital, 100% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Welch Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away454 Mcdowell Street Welch West Virginia 24801Government - State(304) 436-8461

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bma - Welch0.03 miles away394 Mcdowell St Welch West Virginia 24801Dialysis Stations: 12 (304) 436-8428
  • Fmc - Oceana17.72 miles away1777 Cook Parkway Oceana West Virginia 24870Dialysis Stations: 12 (304) 682-5371