Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Ayden, North Carolina. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable scores. Based on our assessment, this facility has some redeeming qualities. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its strong inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home received a decent overall score, its inspections score is notably more impressive than its overall grade. Due to a strong health inspection report this year, it earned a strong score in that area with a grade of B+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's more impressive category scores came in the category of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is considered to be a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. The nursing rating weighs several datapoints, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, while this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last category we looked at. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this area. Despite some decent scores in other categories, this grade is nevertheless concerning so we wanted to make sure you are aware. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.43% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 98.86% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 27.19% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 29.16% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 29.16% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.48% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ayden Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 62.97% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Vidant Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.92 miles away2100 Stantonsburg Rd Greenville North Carolina 27834Voluntary non-profit - Private(252) 847-4100
- Unc Lenoir Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 14.89 miles away100 Airport Rd Kinston North Carolina 28501Voluntary non-profit - Private(252) 522-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Ayden1.84 miles away3793 Lee Street Ayden North Carolina 28513Dialysis Stations: 16 (252) 746-9622
- Fmc Dialysis Services East Carolina University10.07 miles away2355 W Arlington Blvd Greenville North Carolina 27834CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (252) 329-8000
- Greenville Dialysis Center10.73 miles away510 Paladin Drive Greenville North Carolina 27834CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 47 (252) 752-1520
- Fresenius Medical Care Farmville11.76 miles away4302 S. Main Street Farmville North Carolina 27828Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 753-0092
- Greene County Dialysis Center13.06 miles away1025 Kingold Blvd Snow Hill North Carolina 28580Dialysis Stations: 21 (252) 747-9987
- Fmc of Kinston Dialysis Unit14.68 miles away604 Airport Road Kinston North Carolina 28504CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (252) 522-5725
- Fmc Vernon Dialysis Unit17.9 miles away3101 West New Bern Road Kinston North Carolina 28504Dialysis Stations: 24 (252) 522-1000