Fleshers Fairview Health Care is in Fairview, North Carolina. Sporting an overall score of A-, this nursing home is among the higher-graded nursing homes we looked at. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
Fleshers Fairview Health Care
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
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 Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this facility earned nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its superb profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in the category. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 96.62447 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our third area, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
In the last category we assessed, this facility was given a very strong grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home topped off an elite report card. There are quite a few subcategories within this grade. Many of these factors reflect 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 many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fleshers Fairview Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 3.01% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 87.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This metric 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
In Fleshers Fairview Health Care, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAcute Care Hospitals 8.86 miles away509 Biltmore Ave Asheville North Carolina 28801Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 213-1111
- Park Ridge HealthAcute Care Hospitals 9.01 miles away100 Hospital Drive Hendersonville North Carolina 28792Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 684-8501
- Margaret R Pardee Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.27 miles away800 N Justice St Hendersonville North Carolina 28791Government - Local(828) 696-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Asheville Kidney Center Inc8.96 miles away1600 Centrepark Dr Asheville North Carolina 28805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 52 (828) 251-1224
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC9.33 miles away10 Mcdowell Street Suite 110 Asheville North Carolina 28801Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 255-2839
- Hendersonville Dialysis Center12.64 miles away1250 7th Ave East Hendersonville North Carolina 28792CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (828) 697-1602
- Weaverville Dialysis14.7 miles away329 Merrimon Avenue Weaverville North Carolina 28787Dialysis Stations: 20 (828) 658-1143