Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large facility located in Raleigh, North Carolina. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a decent facility. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Raleigh, which is a B-. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation 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 - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's short-term care score turns out to be one of its higher features. The facility was awarded a grade of B- in this category. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The more important thing is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, although this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. We gave this facility a D in that area. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 87.89% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Raleigh, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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