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 C, which is a good score. You can certainly do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
College Pines Health and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- 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
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A. Our inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities second most favorable category is short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this category. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing grade. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of D. We weighed the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home provided a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next area, we gave this facility a D in long-term care. This is the nursing home's least impressive category rating. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 94.38596 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
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, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 3.01% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 87.89% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In College Pines Health and Rehab Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
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