Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community is a small non-profit nursing home in Asheville, North Carolina. With an overall rating of A+, this nursing home is without a doubt a superb nursing home. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it as the number one facility in Asheville. Finally, this is a very consistent facility with consistently strong ratings in all of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A+
In addition to performing well overall, this facility earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our best scores in that area with an A+. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
This facility received quality marks in the category of short-term care. Consequently, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A+. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. When calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Moving on to the last area, this nursing home was given a highly favorable long-term care grade. We awarded it an A in this area, rounding out a straight A profile. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 97.8022 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: C
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 10.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: F
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 8.24% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: D
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 24.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 10.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A-minus
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 0.57% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-plus
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 98.36% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: D
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 23.02% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 16.69% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 16.69% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A+
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 0% of Patients
This datapoint 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
Grade: B-plus
In Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, 81.67% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Asheville, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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