College Pines Health and Rehab Center is one of just two available nursing homes in Connellys Springs, North Carolina. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. You can certainly do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's strong report card was its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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College Pines Health and Rehab Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection grade. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can offer a facility. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so favorably is that it received a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, long-term care ended up being its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a score of A-. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given an impressive short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that category with a score of B. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's worst area was nursing, which is the last category we looked at. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. We wanted to draw your attention to this possible weak spot, however, you should not focus exclusively on a single area either. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. While this nursing home's nursing hours were below average, it surprised us in some of the qualitative statistics in this category. In particular, we were pleased to see that its patients are suffering fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
College Pines Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 3.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 5.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which experienced a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 5.69% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 4.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 34.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 9.06% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 98.79% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 10.79% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 14.56% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 14.56% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 11.82% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 79.39% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carolinas Healthcare System-Blue RidgeAcute Care Hospitals 7.86 miles away2201 S Sterling St Morganton North Carolina 28655Proprietary(828) 580-5000
- Frye Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.26 miles away420 N Center St Hickory North Carolina 28601Proprietary(828) 322-6070
- Caldwell Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.45 miles away321 Mulberry St Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 757-5100
- Catawba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.49 miles away810 Fairgrove Church Rd Hickory North Carolina 28602Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 326-3809
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma of Burke County Inc10.47 miles away814 West Union St Morganton North Carolina 28655CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (828) 439-8489
- Bma of Lenoir Inc11.42 miles away322 Mulberry Street Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (828) 754-5322
- Davita Catawba County Dialysis12.03 miles away1900 3rd Avenue Lane Se Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 304-0102
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Hickory12.07 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Ste 1103 Hickory North Carolina 28602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (828) 324-9580
- Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.12.07 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Se Suite 2102 Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 5 (828) 304-0018
- Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.15.57 miles away3802 Startown Rd Newton North Carolina 28658Dialysis Stations: 15 (828) 465-2006
- Fresenius Medical Services of Catawba Valley16.84 miles away301 10th Street Nw Suite C 101 Conover North Carolina 28613CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (828) 464-3830