Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent is a senior living facility in Morehead City, North Carolina, a city with a total of 14,429 people. Featuring an overall rating of B, this is a very respectable option. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent
- 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 - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A+. Few facilities performed better in that area. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. It doesn't appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.42647 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care grades this year. In fact, we gave it one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we assessed is nursing, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is obviously a bit concerning. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This place averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This number is far below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also didn't perform as well as we had hoped in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed in this category.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 7.32% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 7.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 4.83% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 23.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 35.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 9.47% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 98.71% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 13.64% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 21.38% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 21.38% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 16.26% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 69.61% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carteret General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.61 miles away3500 Arendell St Morehead City North Carolina 28557Proprietary(252) 808-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma of Crystal Coast Inc0.77 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.17.83 miles away1165 Cedar Point Boulevard Swansboro North Carolina 28584Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 393-2039