With an address in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Bladen East Health and Rehab is one of just a couple available facilities there. This nursing home proved to be a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. This facility definitely has plenty of good features. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Bladen East Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given a strong long-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 91.51786 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a few points lower than we expected but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Nursing scores are primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
Our final category is short-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a C in this area. Short-term care scores are critical for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 3.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bladen East Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 10.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that had a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that had UTI's. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 11.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents that are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 22.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients that were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 2.92% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 88.16% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 19.43% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 26.81% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 26.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bladen East Health and Rehab, 11.94 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.24 miles away501 South Poplar Street Elizabethtown North Carolina 28337Voluntary non-profit - Private(910) 862-5100
Nearby Dialysis
- Southeastern Dialysis Elizabethtown0.39 miles away101 Dialysis Drive Elizabethtown North Carolina 28337CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (910) 862-7022