Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home in Elkin, North Carolina. Sporting an overall rating of C, this appears to be a respectable nursing home. This nursing home seems to have a few things working in its favor. This facility didn't excel in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. More information about its category grades is available below.
Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an impressive score in our long-term care category. We gave this facility an above average grade of B in that area. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 98.739494 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is not a score to write home about. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is typically a reliable measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.8 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the next area, we gave this facility a D for our nursing category. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. The nursing rating analyzes many factors, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have had a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.01% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 87.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 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 Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.06 miles away180 Parkwood Dr Elkin North Carolina 28621Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 527-7000
- Wilkes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.49 miles away1370 West D St North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Government - Local(336) 651-8100
- Northern Hospital of Surry CountyAcute Care Hospitals 19.99 miles away830 Rockford St Mount Airy North Carolina 27030Government - Hospital District or Authority(336) 719-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Elkin Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University0.54 miles away941 Johnson Ridge Rd Elkin North Carolina 28621Dialysis Stations: 19 (336) 527-4722
- Yadkin Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University12.75 miles away225 Washington Street Yadkinville North Carolina 27055Dialysis Stations: 13 (336) 677-1182
- Wilkes Dialysis Center19.84 miles away1917 a West Park Drive North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 903-6809
- Wilkes Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University19.84 miles away1917 W. Park Dr Suite A North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 903-6809
- Mount Airy Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University19.93 miles away1280 Newsome Street Mount Airy North Carolina 27030CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (336) 789-4090