Accordius Health at Wilmington is an average-sized nursing home located in Wilmington, North Carolina. This is a subpar nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 11 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accordius Health at Wilmington
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
While we were not complementary of this nursing home's overall performance, it did receive an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B+. Our inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's short-term care rating ended up being one of its better grades. The nursing home was given a grade of C in this category. Our short-term care grades are important for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. When calculating our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This number is well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's weakest category is long-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. For this area, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We discovered that this nursing home gave the vaccine to just 82.63666 percent of its patients, which is several points lower than we expected. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accordius Health at Wilmington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 11.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 2.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 4.62% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who had a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 15.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 10.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 3.66% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 82.46% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 24.91% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 36.68% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 36.68% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 16.28% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Accordius Health at Wilmington, 75.34% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Wilmington, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Wilmington, North Carolina has 10 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- New Hanover Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.86 miles away2131 S 17th St Box 9000 Wilmington North Carolina 28402Government - Local(910) 343-7000
- J Arthur Dosher Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.33 miles away924 Howe St Southport North Carolina 28461Voluntary non-profit - Other(910) 457-3800
Nearby Dialysis
- Se Dialysis Wilmington Davita Facility0.61 miles away2215 Yaupon Drive Wilmington North Carolina 28401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (910) 343-0664
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC1.06 miles away3147 S 17th Street Wilmington North Carolina 28412Dialysis Stations: 12 (910) 395-4856
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC7.61 miles away1220 Magnolia Village Way Leland North Carolina 28451Dialysis Stations: 10 (910) 371-0391
- Cape Fear Dialysis8.46 miles away3005 Enterprise Drive Wilmington North Carolina 28405CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (910) 796-8684
- Southport Dialysis Center20 miles away1513 N Howe St Ste # 15 Southport North Carolina 28461Dialysis Stations: 13 (910) 454-0272