Maples Nursing Home
1600 Bland Street, Bluefield WV 24701 · (304) 327-2485 · 95.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Maples Nursing Home is in Bluefield, West Virginia. This nursing home received an overall grade of F. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Bluefield. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this nursing home extremely poorly overall, it received a more respectable long-term care score this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that area, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we were able to find for this facility. In the area of long-term care, we look at the amount of care offered by a facility, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 94.54545 percent of its patients. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. With 1.86 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility is not too far off the national average.
Nurse Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. According to CMS records, this nursing home averaged 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Keep in mind that when we calculate our nursing scores, we add more weight to hours performed by nurses with a higher level of skill. Finally, our nursing rating also includes relevant quality-based metrics. While this place excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in some of the metrics that focused on quality. This nursing home's nursing score was pulled down by its subpar performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. We found that 13.1 percent of this facility's patients sustained pressure ulcers. Since some pressure ulcers could be avoided with proper nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing score when we find this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home only earned a D for its short-term care rating, which is not one of our better scores. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is generally a reliable measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. With its weak score in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this nursing home offered substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 34.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our final category of inspections, this nursing home received an abysmal grade. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This facility had 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Maples Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be a sign worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient 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 tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better