Liberty Commons Nsg and Rehab Center of Lee County
310 Commerce Drive, Sanford NC 27332 · (919) 499-2206 · 79% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Liberty Commons Nsg and Rehab Center of Lee County is an average-sized nursing home located in Sanford, North Carolina. This nursing home was given an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. Sanford received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our short-term care rating. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is typically a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in North Carolina in this area with 63.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home actually performed well in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a grade of B- for that category, which is a respectable score. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 2.8 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is an alarmingly low total. This facility also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care. This facility was given a rock bottom grade of F in that area. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinated 98.72881 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.31 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Liberty Commons Nsg and Rehab Center of Lee County Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better