ElderGuide.com
Senior Living
Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent

Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

See Rating Overview

Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent's website

4010 Bridges Street Extension,
Morehead City NC 28557

(252) 726-0031

81.63% estimated occupancy ¹

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 A-, this is undoubtedly a very impressive nursing home. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category ratings. It would be hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.

Quick Details

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

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

Less:

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great facility overall, it also received A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly flawless. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. It doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was given a impressive long-term care grade. In fact, this ended up being this facility's second best category grade. In that area, this facility received a grade of A. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Does this page answer your questions about Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent?

Nurse Quality

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Nursing grades are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

The next area we scored was short-term care. We gave this facility one of our higher grades in this category, with a grade of B. Although this wasn't as dominant as many of its other grades, it is still a fine grade. With our short-term care score, we attempt to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It doesn't look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

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, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of long-term residents that have experienced falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for a variety of conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 3.01% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 87.89% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 18.87% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 24.57% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is important for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 11.81 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent, 72.58% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.

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