Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation

Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation is an average-sized facility in Elkin, North Carolina. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor nursing home. A score of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. This was not the worse facility we found, however, we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

Although we didn't grade this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent grade in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with too many severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

One of this facility's more favorable category grades came in the area of short-term care. This wound up being its second most respectable category. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is often a solid assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. It performed decently in this area, with 48.1 percent of its patients returning home.

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. The nursing score includes a handful of datapoints, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. We do not think quantity of care was the reason for this places poor nursing grade. With 4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this place actually surpassed the national average. Despite performing well in terms of nursing hours, this place did not perform as well in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was above the national average in both statistics.

The last category we assessed is long-term care. This facility was given a very poor grade of F in this area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.6732 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.09 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.