Autumn Care of Marion is located in Marion, North Carolina, a city with a population of 30,600 people. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong nursing home. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
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Autumn Care of Marion
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- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an A+ in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its impressive profile, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in the area. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is frequently a useful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Our nursing grade analyzes several datapoints, however, the primary one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning patients at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care. We awarded this facility an acceptable score in that area, with a grade of B-. Although this was not as favorable as several of its other scores, it is still nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades are often used to grade a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinates 99.68454 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Autumn Care of Marion Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Autumn Care of Marion, 6.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Autumn Care of Marion, 4.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have had a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Autumn Care of Marion, 2.86% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Autumn Care of Marion, 9.84% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Autumn Care of Marion, 24.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Autumn Care of Marion, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Autumn Care of Marion, 99.84% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Autumn Care of Marion, 8.58% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Autumn Care of Marion, 10.14% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Marion, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Marion, 10.14% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Autumn Care of Marion, 9.15% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Autumn Care of Marion, 82.29% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mission Hospital McdowellAcute Care Hospitals 2.6 miles away430 Rankin Drive P O Box 730 Marion North Carolina 28752Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 659-5000
- Blue Ridge Regional HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.59 miles away125 Hospital Dr Spruce Pine North Carolina 28777Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 765-4201
Nearby Dialysis
- Mcdowell County Dialysis2.55 miles away100 Spaulding Road # 2 Marion North Carolina 28752Dialysis Stations: 13 (828) 659-9790
- Mayland Dialysis Center14.47 miles away575 Altapass Hwy Spruce Pine North Carolina 28777Dialysis Stations: 9 (828) 766-8122
- Bma of Burke County Inc17.7 miles away814 West Union St Morganton North Carolina 28655CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (828) 439-8489