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Alleghany Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Alleghany Center's website

179 Combs Street,
Sparta NC 28675

(336) 372-2441

89.55% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Alleghany Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Alleghany Center is a nursing home in Sparta, North Carolina, which has a population of 6,621 people. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Sparta. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we gave it a B- for our nursing category. Our nursing score is based on a handful of components, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

We were also surprised to find that this nursing home received a somewhat respectable short-term care score this year. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. Short-term care grades are generally employed to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. The final item we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The third category we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home was given an F. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated only 67.25979 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

In our final category of inspections, this nursing home received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. When a place has this bad of an inspection grade, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This nursing home had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Alleghany Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Alleghany Center, 4.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Alleghany Center, 3.91% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Alleghany Center, 1.11% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Alleghany Center, 17.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Alleghany Center, 28.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Alleghany Center, 7.72% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Alleghany Center, 79.24% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Alleghany Center, 26.42% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Alleghany Center, 33.01% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Alleghany Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Alleghany Center, 33.01% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Alleghany Center, 28.93% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Alleghany Center, 74.27% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Twin County Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.18 miles away200 Hospital Drive Galax Virginia 24333Proprietary(276) 236-8181
  • Ashe Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.53 miles away200 Hospital Ave Jefferson North Carolina 28640Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 246-7101

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bma - Twin County18.81 miles away1159 Glendale Rd Galax Virginia 24333Dialysis Stations: 16 (276) 236-6011