Accordius Health at Brevard is a nursing home in Brevard, North Carolina, which has 19,347 people. With a terrible overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Brevard. The city has just two other nursing homes. Finally, inspections was the only shining light in our review of this nursing home. You can find additional information about this category below.
Accordius Health at Brevard
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Stroke Recovery
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was terrible, it performed pretty well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that area, which is one of our better scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid places that had too many deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Nursing scores are primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this facility's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility ended up receiving a a very poor grade in our short-term care category. It was given an F in this area. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Given its score in this category, we weren't stunned to discover that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics doomed this facility's short-term care grade.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed was long-term care. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category, which is a poor grade. Facilities that do not score well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated only 26.839827 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accordius Health at Brevard Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 3.01% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 87.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Accordius Health at Brevard, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Transylvania Regional Hospital, IncCritical Access Hospitals 2.54 miles away90 Hospital Drive PO Box 1116 Brevard North Carolina 28712Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 883-5302
- Margaret R Pardee Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.69 miles away800 N Justice St Hendersonville North Carolina 28791Government - Local(828) 696-1000
- Park Ridge HealthAcute Care Hospitals 18.38 miles away100 Hospital Drive Hendersonville North Carolina 28792Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 684-8501
Nearby Dialysis
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC1.07 miles away102 College Station Drive Brevard North Carolina 28712Dialysis Stations: 9 (828) 884-4075
- Hendersonville Dialysis Center17.81 miles away1250 7th Ave East Hendersonville North Carolina 28792CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (828) 697-1602