Highland Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Highland Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility in Lumberton, North Carolina. It looks like this nursing home is among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade in this range requires very strong marks across the board. Not surprisingly, this is actually the highest rated facility in the city. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

This nursing home received a strong short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category with a score of B+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is considered to be a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. It does not appear that this nursing home submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we considered the number of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. This place fared better than most nursing homes in the country with 54.9 percent of its residents returning home.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. There are numerous subcategories within this area. Many of the criteria reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home 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 generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the last category we looked at, this nursing home was given a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility finished off a very favorable profile. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.