Belaire Health Care Center is located in Gastonia, North Carolina. This is a good nursing home with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Gastonia. This place seems to have some things working in its favor. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its stellar inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Belaire Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility really outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest scores in this category with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a strong score in long-term care. This nursing home earned a B in this area, which turns out to be one of our more favorable grades. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 65.19608 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is somewhat less than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing score analyzes several factors, but the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was short-term care, was this facility's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. This really was one of just a couple of weak links on an otherwise strong report card. Our short-term care ratings are critical for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this facility offers less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.9 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Belaire Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Belaire Health Care Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Belaire Health Care Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Belaire Health Care Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Belaire Health Care Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Belaire Health Care Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Belaire Health Care Center, 3.01% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Belaire Health Care Center, 87.89% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Belaire Health Care Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Belaire Health Care Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Belaire Health Care Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Belaire Health Care Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Belaire Health Care Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Belaire Health Care Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Gastonia, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Gastonia, North Carolina has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Caromont Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.56 miles away2525 Court Dr Gastonia North Carolina 28052Voluntary non-profit - Private(704) 834-4891
- Atrium Health Kings MountainAcute Care Hospitals 8.48 miles away706 W King St Kings Mountain North Carolina 28086Government - Hospital District or Authority(704) 739-3601
- Atrium Health LincolnAcute Care Hospitals 17.64 miles away433 Mcalister Rd Lincolnton North Carolina 28092Government - Hospital District or Authority(980) 212-2000
- Atrium Health ClevelandAcute Care Hospitals 19.06 miles away201 E Grover St Shelby North Carolina 28150Government - Hospital District or Authority(704) 487-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma South Gaston Dialysis0.29 miles away710 West Hudson Blvd. Gastonia North Carolina 28052CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (704) 867-3417
- Fresenius Medical Care Gastonia3.36 miles away348 Burtonwood Dr Gastonia North Carolina 28054CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (704) 864-8863
- Fresenius Kidney Care North Gaston5.54 miles away1510 Lower Dallas Hwy Dallas North Carolina 28034Dialysis Stations: 12 (704) 923-8001
- Bma Kings Mountain6.4 miles away604 Canterbury Rd Kings Mountain North Carolina 28086Dialysis Stations: 18 (704) 730-1270
- Dialysis Clinic Inc Kings Mountain8.9 miles away1010 Shelby Road Kings Mountain North Carolina 28086Dialysis Stations: 15 (704) 739-9342
- Belmont Dialysis Center9.51 miles away5010 Medical Care Court Belmont North Carolina 28012Dialysis Stations: 18 (704) 827-2931
- Fmc Lincolnton Dialysis14.94 miles away1090 S Grove Street Ext Lincolnton North Carolina 28092Dialysis Stations: 30 (704) 736-9300
- Fresenius Medical Care Southwest Charlotte15.13 miles away14166 Steele Creek Rd Charlotte North Carolina 28275Dialysis Stations: 13 (704) 504-2667