Dunbar Center is a nursing home in Dunbar, West Virginia, a city with a population of 9,962 people. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Dunbar. 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 facility's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next section.
Dunbar Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall score, we gave it a B- for our long-term care rating. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated only 87.56345 percent of its residents. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's second highest category is short-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared relatively poorly. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 5.1 percent of its residents returning home.
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Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing score is based on many factors, however, the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular place averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This number is well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
The final category we looked at was inspections. This facility did not receive positive inspection reports in recent years. In fact, we gave it an F in this category. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We suggest you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility had 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, we want to point out that this place was assessed significant government fines recently of more than $50,000. This generally suggests that inspectors became fed up after several years of bad government inspections.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dunbar Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dunbar Center, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dunbar Center, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dunbar Center, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dunbar Center, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dunbar Center, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dunbar Center, 4.48% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dunbar Center, 92.53% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dunbar Center, 16.2% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dunbar Center, 23.25% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Dunbar Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dunbar Center, 23.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Dunbar Center, 13.15 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint 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 gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Dunbar Center, 70.85% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Thomas Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.14 miles away4605 Maccorkle Avenue Sw Charleston West Virginia 25309Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 766-3600
- St Francis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.61 miles away333 Laidley St Charleston West Virginia 25301Proprietary(304) 347-6500
- Charleston Area Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.06 miles away501 Morris Street Charleston West Virginia 25301Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 388-5432
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Greater Charleston Dialysis0.53 miles away24 Maccorkle Ave Sw Charleston West Virginia 25303CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (304) 720-2222
- Fmc - Kanawha County1.19 miles away951 Dunbar Village Dunbar West Virginia 25064CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (304) 766-1009
- Fms - Charleston6.05 miles away2345 Chesterfield Ave Charleston West Virginia 25304CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (304) 345-7322
- Fmc - Hurricane14.47 miles away3768 Teays Valley Road Hurricane West Virginia 25526Dialysis Stations: 17 (304) 760-2305