Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large facility in Franklin, North Carolina. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B+, which is very good rating. This nursing home truly has plenty working in its favor. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this critical area. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded high marks in the area of long-term care as well. Consequently, it received one of our highest scores in that area with a score of A-. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 77.31959 percent of its residents, which is slightly lower than we anticipated. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. The nursing grade includes many subcategories, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B-. This actually ended up being this facility's least impressive category. This is nevertheless not a terrible score. In computing our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients who suffer from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.53% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 30.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.22% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 85.67% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 26.23% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.44% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 20.16% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Macon Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 81.93% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Angel Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 3.4 miles away120 Riverview St PO Box 1209 Franklin North Carolina 28734Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 524-8411
- Highlands Cashiers HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.96 miles away190 Hospital Drive Highlands North Carolina 28741Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 526-1200
- Swain County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.53 miles away45 Plateau Street Bryson City North Carolina 28713Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 488-2155
Nearby Dialysis
- Total Renal Care of North Carolina LLC1.79 miles away80 Westgate Place Franklin North Carolina 28734Dialysis Stations: 9 (828) 369-1957
- Sylva Dialysis Center19.61 miles away655 Asheville Highway Sylva North Carolina 28779Dialysis Stations: 16 (828) 586-3340