Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center
231 South Washington Street, Millsboro DE 19966 · (302) 934-7300 · 94.3% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center is a facility located in Millsboro, Delaware. This city has a total of 24,601 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. Based on our ratings, this place may not be a great fit for most people. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 181 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we want to note its decent inspection reports in recent years. We gave it a relatively respectable grade of B- in that category. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. On top of having severe deficiencies, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a solid grade in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed most facilities in this metric with 58.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of just D. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were concerned by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 59.280304 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. While it had 1.72 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric wasn't bad due to it having some more complex patients. This is its best feature in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better