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Asheville Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Asheville Health Care Center's website

1984 Us Highway 70,
Swannanoa NC 28778

(828) 298-2214

88.49% estimated occupancy 1

Asheville Health Care Center is a nursing home located in Swannanoa, North Carolina, which has 10,381 people. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. 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 Swannanoa. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

We were also stunned to find that this facility earned a reasonably solid short-term care rating in our assessment. We awarded it a C in this area. Our short-term care grades are arguably more important for folks requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home also didn't perform terribly in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is another one its better scores. When calculating a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the number of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this statistic. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next area we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home received a rock bottom score in this category also. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is definitely very concerning. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to a relatively low 75.92593 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.05 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Asheville Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Asheville Health Care Center, 19.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Asheville Health Care Center, 4.32% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Asheville Health Care Center, 0.31% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Asheville Health Care Center, 18.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Asheville Health Care Center, 33.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Asheville Health Care Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Asheville Health Care Center, 84.12% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Asheville Health Care Center, 18.3% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Asheville Health Care Center, 8.98% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Asheville Health Care Center, 0.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Asheville Health Care Center, 8.98% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Asheville Health Care Center, 9.26% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Asheville Health Care Center, 86.54% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAcute Care Hospitals 6.61 miles away509 Biltmore Ave Asheville North Carolina 28801Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 213-1111
  • Park Ridge HealthAcute Care Hospitals 14.39 miles away100 Hospital Drive Hendersonville North Carolina 28792Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 684-8501
  • Margaret R Pardee Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.05 miles away800 N Justice St Hendersonville North Carolina 28791Government - Local(828) 696-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Asheville Kidney Center Inc5.41 miles away1600 Centrepark Dr Asheville North Carolina 28805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 52 (828) 251-1224
  • Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC6.88 miles away10 Mcdowell Street Suite 110 Asheville North Carolina 28801Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 255-2839
  • Weaverville Dialysis9.8 miles away329 Merrimon Avenue Weaverville North Carolina 28787Dialysis Stations: 20 (828) 658-1143
  • Hendersonville Dialysis Center18.53 miles away1250 7th Ave East Hendersonville North Carolina 28792CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (828) 697-1602