Carolina Rehab Center of Burke

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Carolina Rehab Center of Burke's website

3647 Miller Bridge Road,
Connellys Springs NC 28612

(828) 397-3144

94.88% estimated occupancy ¹

Carolina Rehab Center of Burke is one of just a few available facilities in Connellys Springs, North Carolina. This proved to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. You could certainly do worse than this nursing home. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Facility Inspections

We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in that category with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

In addition, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our more impressive grades in this category, with a B+. This proved to be the nursing home's second strongest score. Short-term care ratings are crucial for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Nursing scores are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is not an impressive total. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we rated was long-term care. This facility was awarded a grade of C in the category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Carolina Rehab Center of Burke Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 3.01% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 87.89% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 18.87% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 24.57% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 11.81 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Carolina Rehab Center of Burke, 72.58% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Frye Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.55 miles away420 N Center St Hickory North Carolina 28601Proprietary(828) 322-6070
Carolinas Healthcare System-Blue RidgeAcute Care Hospitals 10.59 miles away2201 S Sterling St Morganton North Carolina 28655Proprietary(828) 580-5000
Catawba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.44 miles away810 Fairgrove Church Rd Hickory North Carolina 28602Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 326-3809
Caldwell Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.99 miles away321 Mulberry St Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 757-5100

Nearby Dialysis

Davita Catawba County Dialysis9.15 miles away1900 3rd Avenue Lane Se Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 304-0102
Fmc Dialysis Services of Hickory9.22 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Ste 1103 Hickory North Carolina 28602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (828) 324-9580
Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.9.22 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Se Suite 2102 Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 5 (828) 304-0018
Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.12.1 miles away3802 Startown Rd Newton North Carolina 28658Dialysis Stations: 15 (828) 465-2006
Bma of Burke County Inc13.38 miles away814 West Union St Morganton North Carolina 28655CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (828) 439-8489
Fresenius Medical Services of Catawba Valley13.89 miles away301 10th Street Nw Suite C 101 Conover North Carolina 28613CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (828) 464-3830
Bma of Lenoir Inc13.96 miles away322 Mulberry Street Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (828) 754-5322