Accordius Health at Creekside Care
604 Stokes Street East, Ahoskie NC 27910 · (252) 332-2126 · 86.29% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Accordius Health at Creekside Care is a large facility located in Ahoskie, North Carolina. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a good rating. You can certainly do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 151 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in that category, with an A+. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to point out that this facility received impressive long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in this area, with a B. This proved to be the nursing home's second strongest grade. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 78.62903 percent of its patients. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.69 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility wound up receiving a a terrible grade in our short-term care category. It received a lowly F in this category. Our short-term care scores are probably most critical for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. With its score in this category, we weren't surprised to discover that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected to find. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 44.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed is nursing, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. We gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is clearly a major disappointment. Our nursing score is based on several data points. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provided only 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Unfortunately, this place also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this area. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This metric helped pull down this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accordius Health at Creekside Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better