Braxton Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Sutton, West Virginia. It looks like this facility is a lower end facility. A grade in this range suggests we found a few red flags. In our view, we would be very reluctant to recommend this facility. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Braxton Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
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 - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid facilities that have too many severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider 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 the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a respectable grade in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what effect this had on quality of care. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing grade weighs several subcategories, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final category, this facility really did not fare very well in this category either. With a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 94.47005 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Braxton Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Braxton Health Care Center, 19.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who have had 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 referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Braxton Health Care Center, 6.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Braxton Health Care Center, 9.35% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Braxton Health Care Center, 12.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Braxton Health Care Center, 30.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Braxton Health Care Center, 0.51% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Braxton Health Care Center, 96.42% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Braxton Health Care Center, 12.89% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Braxton Health Care Center, 16.08% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Braxton Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Braxton Health Care Center, 16.08% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Braxton Health Care Center, 20.43% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Braxton Health Care Center, 74.3% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Braxton County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 5.52 miles away100 Hoylman Drive Gassaway West Virginia 26624Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 364-5156
- Webster County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.64 miles away324 Miller Mountain Drive Webster Springs West Virginia 26288Government - Local(304) 847-5682
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Braxton County0.87 miles away256 Skidmore Lane Sutton West Virginia 26601Dialysis Stations: 11 (304) 765-2892