Clear Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Clear Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is on a list of 21 facilities in Charlotte, North Carolina. With an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a very poor facility. This place didn't have much going for it. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

Although this place's overall score was terrible, it actually fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Remarkably, we gave this nursing home a grade of B- for its short-term care score, which is not a bad grade. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the country with 54.9 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. In computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses commit to residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This place averaged only 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. These statistics hurt this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.

Turning to our last category, this facility really did not fare well here either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.07074 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.51 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.