Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Grayson, Kentucky, a city with a population of 14,535 people. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this looks like a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate 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
This facility also excelled in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Few nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.10426 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this nursing home received a grade of just D in this area. Short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. In this place's case, it looks like it provides fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility did not perform very well. With a poor grade of F in nursing, this is its worst grade. Our nursing rating considers a host of data points. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 9.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 29.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.23% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 89.41% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.24% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.8% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.8 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.87 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 72.54% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Our Lady of Bellefonte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.78 miles away1000 Saint Christopher Drive Ashland Kentucky 41101Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 833-3600
- King's Daughters' Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.46 miles away2201 Lexington Avenue Ashland Kentucky 41101Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 408-4401
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Na of Grayson2.1 miles away286 State Highway 1947 Grayson Kentucky 41143Dialysis Stations: 15 (606) 474-0475
- Fmc - Greenup18.52 miles away965 Townhill Plaza Greenup Kentucky 41144Dialysis Stations: 13 (606) 473-0410
- Fmc - Ashland18.52 miles away432 16th Street, Suite A Ashland Kentucky 41101Dialysis Stations: 18 (606) 325-5268
- Fmc - Central Ashland18.68 miles away424 River Hill Drive Ashland Kentucky 41101Dialysis Stations: 20 (606) 329-0363
- Fmc - Ironton19.36 miles away158 N 2nd Street Ironton Ohio 45638Dialysis Stations: 16 (740) 532-3099