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Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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100 Sunset Street,
Granite Falls NC 28630

(828) 396-2387

90.83% estimated occupancy 1

Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation is the only facility we found in Granite Falls, North Carolina. Featuring an overall score of B-, this looks like a middle of the pack nursing home. You could certainly do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this place's report card was its stellar inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care. In fact, we gave it a score of A- for that area, which happens to be one of our highest scores. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a life threatening condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not take any chances. This place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.37 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facilities next most favorable area was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this category. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. It fared well in this area with 59.9 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next category we analyzed was nursing. It received a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor grade. This is clearly a significant disappointment. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This facility offered just 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is well below average. In addition to its subpar nursing hour totals, this facility also earned suboptimal marks in several of the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We found that more of this place's residents sustained falls which led to major injury. We would argue that many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this place receiving a poor nursing score.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 10.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 3.97% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 3.26% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 11.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 22.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 3.06% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 88.86% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 19.28% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 26.79% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 1.3 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 26.79 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 11.98 Percentage of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Hickory Falls Health and Rehabilitation, 72.58% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Frye Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.48 miles away420 N Center St Hickory North Carolina 28601Proprietary(828) 322-6070
  • Caldwell Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.99 miles away321 Mulberry St Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 757-5100
  • Catawba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.84 miles away810 Fairgrove Church Rd Hickory North Carolina 28602Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 326-3809
  • Carolinas Healthcare System-Blue RidgeAcute Care Hospitals 13.07 miles away2201 S Sterling St Morganton North Carolina 28655Proprietary(828) 580-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bma of Lenoir Inc8.96 miles away322 Mulberry Street Sw Lenoir North Carolina 28645CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (828) 754-5322
  • Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.9.25 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Se Suite 2102 Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 5 (828) 304-0018
  • Fmc Dialysis Services of Hickory9.25 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Ste 1103 Hickory North Carolina 28602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (828) 324-9580
  • Davita Catawba County Dialysis9.29 miles away1900 3rd Avenue Lane Se Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 304-0102
  • Fresenius Medical Services of Catawba Valley13.76 miles away301 10th Street Nw Suite C 101 Conover North Carolina 28613CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (828) 464-3830
  • Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.14.49 miles away3802 Startown Rd Newton North Carolina 28658Dialysis Stations: 15 (828) 465-2006
  • Bma of Burke County Inc15.33 miles away814 West Union St Morganton North Carolina 28655CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (828) 439-8489
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Alexander County16.33 miles away175 Commerce Drive Taylorsville North Carolina 28681Dialysis Stations: 13 (828) 632-3547

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=345246