Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus
250 Bishop Lane, Concord NC 28025 · (704) 788-6400 · 95.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Concord, North Carolina, Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus is one of five available nursing homes there. Sporting an overall score of B, this nursing home is a fine choice. This ought to be on your short list in Concord as we ranked it as one of the three highest rated nursing homes in the city. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, this facility especially excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home performed well in the category of long-term care. As a result, we gave it a grade of A- for that area, which is one of our most impressive scores. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 95.57522 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.52 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was given favorable short-term care grades this year. In fact, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B+. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is often a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This facility increased its grade in this category by providing more than one and a half times as many hours of physical therapy to its residents than the average facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in North Carolina in this area with 59.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded was nursing. We awarded it a C in this area. This is a decent grade in this category. Our nursing grade assesses a handful of data points, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored in some quality-based measures. This facility fared well in some of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility beat the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brian Center Health & Retirement/Cabarrus Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better