Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington is a nursing home in Wilmington, North Carolina. The city has a population of 186,140 people. Sporting an overall score of A+, this facility proved to be head and heals above the vast majority of the nursing homes in Wilmington. Based on our assessment, this facility is simply as good as it gets. This also turned out to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in all of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly flawless. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home performed remarkably in our short-term care category. We gave them a dominant score of A+ in this area. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is frequently a meaningful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be its third strongest category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home received a high-end nursing rating. We gave it an A- in that category, rounding out a straight A profile. Our nursing score weighs several factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 3.14% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 12.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 3.84% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 88.29% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 12.78 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Wilmington, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Wilmington, North Carolina has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- New Hanover Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.62 miles away2131 S 17th St Box 9000 Wilmington North Carolina 28402Government - Local(910) 343-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Se Dialysis Wilmington Davita Facility4.91 miles away2215 Yaupon Drive Wilmington North Carolina 28401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (910) 343-0664
- Cape Fear Dialysis5 miles away3005 Enterprise Drive Wilmington North Carolina 28405CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (910) 796-8684
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC5.13 miles away3147 S 17th Street Wilmington North Carolina 28412Dialysis Stations: 12 (910) 395-4856
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC10.95 miles away1220 Magnolia Village Way Leland North Carolina 28451Dialysis Stations: 10 (910) 371-0391