Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Newport, North Carolina, a city with 21,432 people. With an overall score of B+, this facility should work for most people. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the nation. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
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 - Limited Liability company
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of faring well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it earned one of our best scores in that category with an A+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its dominant short-term care score. It received one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a score of A-. Short-term care grades are generally used to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also was given favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our higher grades in that category, with a score of B. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at was nursing, where this facility was awarded a C. Although this wound up being its weakest category grade, this is still not a terrible score. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, we like to look at quality-based statistics, such as the percentage of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.19% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 27.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 97.87% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 23.29% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 39.08% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 39.08% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 23.3% of Patients
Measures 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 Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 65.63% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carteret General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.33 miles away3500 Arendell St Morehead City North Carolina 28557Proprietary(252) 808-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma of Crystal Coast Inc8.34 miles away3332 Bridges Street Suite 7 Morehead City North Carolina 28557CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (252) 808-0444
- Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.14.06 miles away1165 Cedar Point Boulevard Swansboro North Carolina 28584Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 393-2039