Autumn Care of Shallotte is an average-sized nursing home located in Shallotte, North Carolina. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a well below average 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 Shallotte. The best thing we can really say about this place is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Autumn Care of Shallotte
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Autumn Care of Shallotte has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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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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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a somewhat respectable grade in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this category, which is a decent score. Inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Our nursing rating is primarily based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below the national average. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category was short-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in that area. This is not a bad grade in this area. In determining our long-term care ratings, we size up the personal care received by a facility's residents. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.69281 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Autumn Care of Shallotte Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 7.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 2.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 4.38% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 14.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used to treat several conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 23.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 1.7% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 98.41% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 13.64% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 12.29% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 12.29% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 12.88% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Autumn Care of Shallotte, 70.5% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.12 miles away1 Medical Center Dr PO Box 139 Supply North Carolina 28462Voluntary non-profit - Other(910) 755-8121
Nearby Dialysis
- Southeastern Dialysis Shallotte0.16 miles away4770 Shallotte Avenue Shallotte North Carolina 28470Dialysis Stations: 18 (910) 754-5563
- Fmc Brunswick County7.21 miles away98 Stone Chimney Road Se Supply North Carolina 28462Dialysis Stations: 10 (910) 754-3280
- Fmc Dialysis Services North Myrtle Beach18.72 miles away1307 13th Avenue North North Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29582CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (843) 361-1709