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Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs

Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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200 Whitman Avenue, Crystal Springs,
Elkins WV 26241

(304) 636-2033

30% estimated occupancy ¹

Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs is a facility in Elkins, West Virginia. This city has a total of 14,591 people. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is favorable score. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Elkins. We were also pleased to find that this facility didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories is available below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

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Long-term Care Quality

On top of being a quality facility overall, this facility really excelled in long-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 87.17949 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. It doesn't look like we have information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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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. There are a host of subcategories within this grade. Many of these factors relate to nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving a patient at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we assessed is short-term care. This facility was awarded a grade of C for this category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term care patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 4.48% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 92.53% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 16.2% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 23.25% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Crystal Springs, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.