Liberty Commons N&R Alamance
791 Boone Station Drive, Burlington NC 27215 · (336) 586-9850 · 87.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Burlington, North Carolina, Liberty Commons N&R Alamance is one of six available nursing homes there. This nursing home was given an overall grade of C, which is a decent rating. Based on our analysis, there are definitely far worse places out there. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its remarkable inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its decent overall score, we awarded this facility an A+ for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than its overall score. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this facility a grade of B+ in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our more impressive grades. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Remarkably, this facility offers its residents at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than a typical facility. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in North Carolina in this area with 60.2 percent of its residents returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's third best category was long-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared somewhat badly. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated only 78.113205 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.66 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also a cause for concern.
Nurse Quality
The next area we graded is nursing, which ended up being this facility's worst area. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is clearly a major disappointment. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home averaged a meager 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This number is quite a bit below average. In addition to rating below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor marks in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at about 150 percent of the national average in both of these statistics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics pulled down this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Liberty Commons N&R Alamance Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
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. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better