Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1839 Onslow Drive Extension, Jacksonville NC 28540 · (910) 455-3610 · 77.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Jacksonville, North Carolina. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some decent marks. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's report card was its remarkable inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than its overall grade. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was awarded positive long-term care marks this year. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the nursing home's second highest grade. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.376625 percent of its residents. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the nursing home population. The last datapoint we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. While it had 2.49 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was middle of the road due to it having some more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable area turned out to be its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of C. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it performed respectably with 48.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we rated is nursing, which proved to be this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a D in this area. Of course, this score hurt the facility's overall grade a bit. We assessed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. In addition to receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and found this facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic really pulled down this nursing home's nursing score substantially.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carolina Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better