Alexandria Place
1770 Oak Hollow Road, Gastonia NC 28054 · (704) 853-8175 · 83.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Alexandria Place is a small facility located in Gastonia, North Carolina. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Gastonia, which is a B-. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't leave this to chance. The last datapoint we looked at is the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 2.59 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in inspections. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that category with a score of A-. Inspection grades are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. We gave this nursing home a score of D. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. Quantity of nursing care does not appear to be the problem here. Based on the data, it looks like this nursing home provides an above average 4.3 hours per patient per day. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this nursing home didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place was above the national average in both of these statistics. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these statistics dragged down this nursing home's nursing rating quite a bit.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we graded is short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest category. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is certainly very disappointing. Our short-term care grades are probably most important for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Based on its score in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the data we looked at. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 24 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics doomed this facility's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alexandria Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient 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 patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better