Haywood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
516 Wall Street, Waynesville NC 28786 · (828) 452-3154 · 77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Waynesville, North Carolina, Haywood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of only three nursing homes in this city. This is a solid facility, with an overall grade of C. You can certainly do worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as minimizing major falls. This facility performed admirably in this datapoint.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third most favorable area was short-term care. We gave it a C in this area. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this category. In crafting these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This facility was satisfactory in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered a reasonable level of care from both physical therapists and registered nurses. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 37.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst area is long-term care, which is the final category we scored. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the vaccine to only 48.471615 percent of its patients. We were also disappointed with its hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 2.96 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is nearly twice the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Haywood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better