Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington

Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington is in Wilmington, North Carolina. The city has many options. We awarded this facility an overall score of A. This was on another level than most of the nursing homes in Wilmington. We really couldn't find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are just impeccable. If you look further down this page, you will see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong.

On top of earning a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ in short-term care. Our short-term care grades are probably more important for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home excelled in two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility provided about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than a typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility with 66.7 percent of its residents returning home.

This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing category consists of quite a few datapoints, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 6.6 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found at any facility. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility North Carolina in this category. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be prevented by offering better nursing care and having a protocol of turning residents even once per day.

The final category we rated is long-term care. This facility was given an impressive nursing rating this year, with a grade of B. Although this was not nearly as elite as many of its other grades, this remains one of the better grades in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 96.875 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.