Olde Knox Commons at the Villages of Mecklenburg
13825 Hunton Lane, Huntersville NC 28078 · (704) 897-2700 · 87.1% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Olde Knox Commons at the Villages of Mecklenburg is an average-sized facility located in Huntersville, North Carolina. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Huntersville, which is admittedly a bit below average nationally. We were also pleased to discover that this facility was consistent in all of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 114 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's best category grade came in the category of government inspections. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a B. It outperformed most facilities in this category. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home an impressive grade in long-term care. This facility received a grade of B in this category, which is one of our higher grades. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.12023 percent of its patients, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 1.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility received its third best category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 42.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our final category, this nursing home received an acceptable nursing grade of C. There are a number of subcategories within this grade. Many of the data points relate to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provides an impressive 5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a higher quantity of nursing than that provided by most places. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed better than average in this metric. This is typically an accurate indicator of how carefully a facility's nursing staff is tending to its residents. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Olde Knox Commons at the Villages of Mecklenburg Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that sustained falls which resulted in severe 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 figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually 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 tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better