Brian Center Southpoint is one of a multitude of options to decide among in Durham, North Carolina. With an overall grade of B-, this looks like a respectable nursing home. In a city without an elite selection of nursing homes, this facility was better than most of the alternatives in Durham. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Brian Center Southpoint
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A- in short-term care. Short-term care grades are generally employed to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in inspections. It received one of our highest grades in that category with an B+. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. There are numerous datapoints included in this area. Many of the factors are tied to nurse staffing. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is well below average. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last category is long-term care, where we gave this facility a C in that category. In calculating our long-term care ratings, we scrutinize the assistance with daily living offered to a nursing home's residents. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 44.981415 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this place keeps 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 number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brian Center Southpoint Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brian Center Southpoint, 9.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brian Center Southpoint, 2.23% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brian Center Southpoint, 0.76% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brian Center Southpoint, 2.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brian Center Southpoint, 7.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brian Center Southpoint, 2.05% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brian Center Southpoint, 66.49% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brian Center Southpoint, 26.5% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brian Center Southpoint, 35.15% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Brian Center Southpoint, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brian Center Southpoint, 35.15% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brian Center Southpoint, 9.72% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brian Center Southpoint, 74.3% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Durham, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
- University of North Carolina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.81 miles away101 Manning Drive Chapel Hill North Carolina 27514Government - State(919) 966-4141
- Duke Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.6 miles away3643 N Roxboro Street Durham North Carolina 27704Government - Local(919) 470-4000
- Rex HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.31 miles away4420 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh North Carolina 27607Government - State(919) 784-3100
- WakemedAcute Care Hospitals 14.74 miles away1900 Kildare Farm Road Cary North Carolina 27518Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 350-2550
- Central Regional HospitalPsychiatric 18.16 miles away300 Veazy Rd Butner North Carolina 27509Voluntary non-profit - Church(919) 764-2000
- Duke Health Raleigh HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.29 miles away3400 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh North Carolina 27609Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 954-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Southpoint Dialysis0.84 miles away415 W Nc Highway 54 Durham North Carolina 27713CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (919) 544-5536
- Fms South Durham Dialysis Center2.76 miles away3516 Tricenter Blvd Durham North Carolina 27713CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (919) 544-3451
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Briggs Avenue4.66 miles away1209 South Briggs Avenue Durham North Carolina 27703CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (919) 598-9992
- Total Renal Care, Inc.4.78 miles away4021 Stirrup Creek Drive, Suite 400 Durham North Carolina 27703Dialysis Stations: 10 (919) 206-4606
- Durham Dialysis5.49 miles away201 Hood Street Durham North Carolina 27701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (919) 680-0002
- Davita Bull City Dialysis6.28 miles away1306 Morreene Road Durham North Carolina 27705Dialysis Stations: 15 (919) 381-4865
- Davita Downtown Durham Dialysis6.44 miles away1100 N. Miami Blvd Ste. 500a Durham North Carolina 27703Dialysis Stations: 10 (919) 530-1571
- West Pettigrew Dialysis Center6.9 miles away1507 W Pettigrew Street Durham North Carolina 27705Dialysis Stations: 24 (919) 286-4777