Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center
1720 17th Street, Huntington WV 25701 · (304) 529-6031 · 97.15% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Huntington, West Virginia. This city has 74,975 people. This nursing home received an uninspiring overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. Keep in mind that Huntington received a city grade of B, so should look at some other options in the city as well. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection rating. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 186 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. The nursing score analyzes many components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in some of the datapoints we focus on, with subpar scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are typically good measures of the quality of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B- in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is often a fair assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 41.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst category was long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 98.883575 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.85 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad since it had some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who experienced falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
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 associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better