Bridgeport Health Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Bridgeport, West Virginia. With an overall rating of B-, this appears to be a respectable nursing home. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse places out there. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
Bridgeport Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Pharmacy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home received positive long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in this category, with a B. This proved to be the facility's second strongest grade. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.26471 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third most favorable category was short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is frequently a useful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our last area, this nursing home didn't fare very well. With a rock bottom grade of F in nursing, this is this facility's weakest category. There are quite a few factors included in this area. Many of these subcategories are tied to staffing levels. 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. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients which have suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that are administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 4.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 92.53% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 16.2% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 23.25% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 23.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bridgeport Health Care Center, 13.15 Percentage of Patients
This indicates 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, 70.85% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw 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