Accordius Health at Wilmington
820 Wellington Avenue, Wilmington NC 28401 · (910) 343-0425 · 69.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Accordius Health at Wilmington is one of a host of options you can choose from in Wilmington, North Carolina. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of D, which is a well below average grade. Wilmington received a city grade of B-, so there are other options in the city worth considering. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection rating. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This place fared better than most nursing homes in the nation in this area with 55.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These metrics hurt this nursing home's nursing rating quite a bit.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor grade. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 95.19231 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.47 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accordius Health at Wilmington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have sustained UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better