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.
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Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- 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
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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 was awarded its next highest category score in the area of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. In determining our long-term care grades, we size up the assistance with daily living received by a nursing home's residents. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.94737 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a solid grade of C. Short-term care grades are crucial for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
This facility's worst category was nursing, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we gave this nursing home a grade of D. Our nursing grade weighs several subcategories, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be measures 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% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay residents which experienced a fall leading to major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.14% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 12.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 21.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.84% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 88.29% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 19.92% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 21.81% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 21.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 12.78 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
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