Cardinal Healthcare and Rehab
931 N Aspen Street, Lincolnton NC 28092 · (704) 732-7055 · 90.47% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Cardinal Healthcare and Rehab is a small nursing home located in Lincolnton, North Carolina. With an overall grade of C, this appears to be a solid nursing home. This place has some things going for it. This facility did not meet our expectations in every category we looked at, but it did not receive any terrible grades either. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 63 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of A+. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we gave this facility an B-. There are quite a few datapoints within this category. Most of these datapoints relate to staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is far below average. Although this facility ranked poorly in terms of the quantity of nursing care provided, it performed admirably in a few of our quality measures. In fact, it was above average in two of the major areas we look at, with good scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third best category is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a C. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the amount of care provided by a nursing home, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.0566 percent of its patients. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. While it had 2.09 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than the majority of nursing homes due to it having some more complex patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was short-term care, turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. We awarded this facility a D in that area. Our short-term care grades are arguably more critical for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this nursing home offers substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 37.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cardinal Healthcare and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better