Clay Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Clay Health Care Center's website

1053 Clinic Drive,
Ivydale WV 25113

(304) 286-4204

91.83% estimated occupancy ¹

Clay Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Ivydale, West Virginia. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. As far as we can see, this nursing home is a solid choice for most people. This nursing home didn't fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about these categories is available below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Partnership
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite insignificant. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

The next best area we gave this facility in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a C. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 96.39639 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility's next best area came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This area is generally a solid measure of the facility's rehabilitation. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Nurse Quality

The final category we analyzed is nursing, is this nursing home's worst area. We gave this nursing home a D in this area. In computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the quantity of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This particular place offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This number is significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Clay Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Clay Health Care Center, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Clay Health Care Center, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Clay Health Care Center, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Clay Health Care Center, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Clay Health Care Center, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Clay Health Care Center, 4.48% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Clay Health Care Center, 92.53% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Clay Health Care Center, 16.2% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Clay Health Care Center, 23.25% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Clay Health Care Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Clay Health Care Center, 23.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Clay Health Care Center, 13.15 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Clay Health Care Center, 70.85% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Braxton County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.9 miles away100 Hoylman Drive Gassaway West Virginia 26624Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 364-5156