Bridgeport Health Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Bridgeport, West Virginia. With an overall rating of D, this is a lower end nursing home. This nursing home seems to have very little working in its favor. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection reports. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
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Bridgeport Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities second most favorable area was long-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinates 98.50187 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. There are many factors within this area. Most of the criteria are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home offered only 0 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is short-term care. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that area. In our short-term care score, we try to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this place provides far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bridgeport Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 7.39% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 2.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 22.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 27.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 97.86% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 19.92% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 19.26% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 19.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 10.77% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 48.74% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- United Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.98 miles away327 Medical Park Drive Bridgeport West Virginia 26330Voluntary non-profit - Private(681) 342-1000
- Highland-Clarksburg Hospital IncPsychiatric 8.49 miles away3 Hospital Plaza Clarksburg West Virginia 26301Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 622-4951
- Grafton City HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.82 miles away1 Hospital Plaza Grafton West Virginia 26354Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 265-0400
- Broaddus Hospital Association, IncCritical Access Hospitals 13.18 miles away1 Healthcare Drive Mansfield Hill Philippi West Virginia 26416Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 457-1760
- Fairmont Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.43 miles away1325 Locust Avenue Fairmont West Virginia 26554Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 367-7100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Clarksburg2.23 miles away16 Sterling Dr Suite 101 Bridgeport West Virginia 26330CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (304) 622-3874
- Harrison County Dialysis6.94 miles away96 Rosebud Plaza Drive Suite 101 Clarksburg West Virginia 26301Dialysis Stations: 9 (304) 624-0478
- Fmc Grafton12.11 miles away245 Greens Plaza Grafton West Virginia 26354Dialysis Stations: 14 (304) 265-1986
- Fmc - Fairmont13.42 miles away2231 Landing Lane Fairmont West Virginia 26554CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (304) 363-3644