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Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center's website

25 Reynolds Mountain Boulevard,
Asheville NC 28804

(828) 645-6619

95% estimated occupancy 1

Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Asheville, North Carolina. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a decent rating. Based on our assessment, this place looks like a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its remarkable inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility received its second best category score in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a respectable grade. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home vaccinated only 90.09009 percent of its patients, which is several points lower than we expected. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this nursing home a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is well below average in this category. Short-term care grades are critical for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Based on its poor score in this category, we weren't stunned to learn that this place provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home did not fare very well. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in nursing, this is this facility's worst grade. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in determining our rating in this category. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this place's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below average. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this place also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These scores hurt this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 8.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 3.6% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percent of long-term patients that have had falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who have had a UTI. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 14.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 31.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 91.33% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 23.13% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 18.31% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 18.31% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 9.51% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, 60.68% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

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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