Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington is a small nursing home located in Wilmington, North Carolina. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the better facilities we assessed. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its ratings are impeccable. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
630 Carolina Bay Drive,
Wilmington NC 28403
95.66% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving an elite overall score, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection grade. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a very impressive short-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second most impressive category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A. In our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One of this place's strengths is registered nurse hours. This facility offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in North Carolina with 67.1 percent of its patients returning home.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. The nursing rating is based on several factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 6 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a B-. While this ended up being its worst category rating, this is still a middle of the pack score. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After looking at the very respectable amount of nursing care provided by this nursing home, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. This combination proved to be successful as this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 10.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 3.97% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 3.26% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 11.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 3.06% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 88.86% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 11.98 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carolina Bay Healthcare Center of Wilmington, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Wilmington, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Wilmington, North Carolina has 8 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