Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Edenton, North Carolina. Our scoring scheme was not very kind to this facility, as it received an overall rating of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Edenton. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of F. In determining our nursing grades, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. 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. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility wound up receiving a a terrible grade in our long-term care category. It received a lowly F in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 76.89531 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated is short-term care. This nursing home received a very poor grade of F in this category. Short-term care scores are important for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Based on its score in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 87.89% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of 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 Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Vidant Chowan HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.83 miles away211 Virginia Rd Edenton North Carolina 27932Government - Local(252) 482-8451
- Washington County Hosp IncCritical Access Hospitals 18.51 miles away958 Us Hwy 64 East Plymouth North Carolina 27962Proprietary(252) 793-4135
- Vidant Bertie HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.5 miles away1403 South Kings Street Windsor North Carolina 27983Voluntary non-profit - Private(252) 794-6600
Nearby Dialysis
- Edenton Dialysis1.11 miles away312 Medical Arts Dr Edenton North Carolina 27932Dialysis Stations: 15 (252) 482-0763
- Perquimans Dialysis - Nc10.33 miles away210 Ocean Hwy S Hertford North Carolina 27944Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 426-3347
- Fmc Dialysis Services Plymouth17.01 miles away734 Us Highway 64 East Plymouth North Carolina 27962Dialysis Stations: 14 (252) 793-6300
- Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.19.38 miles away1421 B South King Street Windsor North Carolina 27983Dialysis Stations: 20 (252) 794-5041