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Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

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Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center's website

811 Snowbird Road,
Robbinsville NC 28771

(828) 479-8421

61.62% estimated occupancy ¹

Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is located in Robbinsville, North Carolina. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some decent scores. This place has a few things working in its favor. This facility did not excel in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A+. Few facilities performed better in this area. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B-. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in computing our grade in this area. This place averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is not an impressive total. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It scored well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

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Short-term Care Quality

The third highest category we gave this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is generally a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we looked at was long-term care, which turned out to be a weak link for this facility. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in our long-term care category. For patients looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.96373 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few 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.

Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have had falls which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. However, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 87.89% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

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