Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr is an average-sized facility located in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. With a rock bottom overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is not a fit for any prospective resident. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.
Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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Nurse Quality
We really weren't high on this nursing home's overall scores or its category grades. We gave it just a just D in nursing and that proved to be its highest grade. In computing our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
This facility did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it received just a D for its inspection grade, which was unfortunately its second best grade. Our inspection scores factor in many items on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you find severe deficiencies on the reports, this is generally a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This particular nursing home was hit with one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by inspectors had the potential to cause actual harm to residents. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
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Short-term Care Quality
Tragically, this facility received an F for its short-term care grade. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Based on its score in this category, we were not surprised to discover that this place is well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected here. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this nursing home did not fare well here either. With a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. Nursing homes that don't score well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 59.176033 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be significantly less than the national average. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 3.01% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 87.89% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Curis at Wilkesboro Transitional Care & Rehab Cntr, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wilkes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.3 miles away1370 West D St North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Government - Local(336) 651-8100
Nearby Dialysis
- Wilkes Dialysis Center1.03 miles away1917 a West Park Drive North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 903-6809
- Wilkes Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University1.03 miles away1917 W. Park Dr Suite A North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 903-6809
- Fresenius Medical Care of Alexander County17.25 miles away175 Commerce Drive Taylorsville North Carolina 28681Dialysis Stations: 13 (828) 632-3547