Nella's Nursing Home
200 Whitman Avenue, Crystal Springs, Elkins WV 26241 · (304) 636-2033 · 75.23% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Nella's Nursing Home is located in Elkins, West Virginia, a city with a total of 14,591 people. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this is likely a middle of the road facility. This place has a few things going for it. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 84 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This facility fared well in the category of long-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this category. If it wasn't for this area, this facility's overall grade would have been worse. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.39 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection scores are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Nursing homes that excel in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home an impressive grade of D. In determining a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This place provided just 2.8 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an alarmingly low total. In addition to its weak nursing hour totals, this facility received suboptimal marks in several of the quality-based metrics we considered in determining our nursing ratings. We found that a higher percentage of this facility's patients experienced falls leading to major injury.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of D in our short-term care category, leaving this as the nursing home's worst category. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. In this place's case, it looks like it provides fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nella's Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits 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 is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
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 patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better