Carrington Place
600 Fullwood Lane, Matthews NC 28105 · (704) 841-4920 · 87.95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Matthews, North Carolina, Carrington Place is one of just a few nursing homes in this city. This is a quality nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. We were pleased to find out that this matched the average grade of facilities in Matthews, which is one of the better cities in North Carolina to find a nursing home. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 166 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other achievements is its superb long-term care grade. It received one of our more impressive grades in that area, with a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the elite quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the nursing home's vaccination record. For example, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.21414 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. The last statistic we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 1.79 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is close to average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a middle of the pack grade in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. In crafting these short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found it was above average in this area with 50.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing. In this category, we awarded this facility an acceptable grade of C. This actually proved to be this nursing home's worst category. Our nursing rating includes a handful of components, but the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this area. Avoiding major falls is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carrington Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better