Bladen East Health and Rehab
804 S Poplar Street, Elizabethtown NC 28337 · (910) 862-8100 · 77.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Bladen East Health and Rehab is an average-sized nursing home in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Elizabethtown. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection grade. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were fairly low on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of C for our nursing rating. Our nursing score is mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides only 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below the national average. Lastly, we also baked some quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This facility was relatively weak in a few of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are typically indicators of the quality of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third highest area came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. This facility was satisfactory in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered a reasonable level of care from both physical therapists and registered nurses. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 33.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care, which is this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were concerned by the fact that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 88.416985 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.15 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also concerning.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bladen East Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better