Located in Lenoir, North Carolina, Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare is one of a mere three available facilities there. Our grading system was not kind to this facility, as we gave it an overall score of F. Lenoir received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth considering. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Neither this place's overall grade nor its category scores gave us anything positive to point out. Its best category was short-term care, but even there it received a grade of just D. With our short-term care rating, we strive to create a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Based on its grade in this category, we were not surprised to discover that this place is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the data we assessed. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility earned an F for its inspection score. This is a particularly important category. Grades in this range typically point to some red flags on the nursing home's inspection reports. For places that received this poor of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This place provided only 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor grade. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 93.93939 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that have had UTI's. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 3.01% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. High rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 87.89% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gateway Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Caldwell Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.68 miles away321 Mulberry St Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 757-5100
- Carolinas Healthcare System-Blue RidgeAcute Care Hospitals 13.45 miles away2201 S Sterling St Morganton North Carolina 28655Proprietary(828) 580-5000
- Frye Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.78 miles away420 N Center St Hickory North Carolina 28601Proprietary(828) 322-6070
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma of Lenoir Inc1.68 miles away322 Mulberry Street Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (828) 754-5322
- Bma of Burke County Inc14.11 miles away814 West Union St Morganton North Carolina 28655CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (828) 439-8489
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Hickory18.47 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Ste 1103 Hickory North Carolina 28602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (828) 324-9580
- Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.18.47 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Se Suite 2102 Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 5 (828) 304-0018
- Davita Catawba County Dialysis18.53 miles away1900 3rd Avenue Lane Se Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 304-0102