Brook Stone Living Center
8990 Highway 17 South, Pollocksville NC 28573 · (252) 224-0112 · 72.24% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brook Stone Living Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Pollocksville, North Carolina. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our analysis, there are certainly far worse places out there. The best part of this place's profile is its remarkable inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this facility an A+ for its inspection grade. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor dings are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was awarded strong long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our higher scores in that category, with a grade of B. This proved to be the nursing home's second highest grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.51923 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.86 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place is close to average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility only received a D for its short-term care grade, which is well below average in this category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is considered to be a useful assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home offered less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 48.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's least impressive category is nursing, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we awarded this facility a D. In computing a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the amount of time nurses commit to patients and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 2.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. On top of its weak nursing hour totals, this nursing home received poor marks in several of the quality-based metrics we considered in determining our nursing scores. We found that more of this nursing home's patients suffered falls which led to serious injury. We believe that many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this nursing home receiving a terrible nursing rating.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brook Stone Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better