Parkersburg Center is in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This city has 46,768 people. We gave this facility an overall rating of B, which is an above average rating. In fact, it is ranked among the three highest graded facilities in the city. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this facility. The best aspect of this facility's impressive profile was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Parkersburg Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's quality category scores came in the category of long-term care. We gave them one of our higher scores in that area, with a score of B+. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 95.7346 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Our nursing grade focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of D for the area of short-term care, rendering this its weakest grade. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. We found that this facility was subpar in multiple staffing metrics we focus on. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkersburg Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Parkersburg Center, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Parkersburg Center, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Parkersburg Center, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Parkersburg Center, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Parkersburg Center, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Parkersburg Center, 4.48% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Parkersburg Center, 92.53% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Parkersburg Center, 16.2% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Parkersburg Center, 23.25% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Parkersburg Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Parkersburg Center, 23.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Parkersburg Center, 13.15 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Parkersburg Center, 70.85% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Parkersburg, WV
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Parkersburg, West Virginia has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Camden Clark Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.57 miles away800 Garfield Ave Parkersburg West Virginia 26101Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 424-2111
- Marietta Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.76 miles away401 Matthew Street Marietta Ohio 45750Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 374-1400
- Selby General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.65 miles away1106 Colegate Drive Marietta Ohio 45750Voluntary non-profit - Private(740) 568-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Wood County Dialysis1.02 miles away214 Gihon Village Parkersburg West Virginia 26101Dialysis Stations: 13 (304) 422-3687
- Fresenius Kidney Care Belpre3.07 miles away510 Main Street Belpre Belpre Ohio 45714Dialysis Stations: 14 (740) 401-0747
- Davita - Belpre Dialysis4.54 miles away2906 Washington Blvd. Belpre Ohio 45714Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 401-0607
- Davita Grand Central Dialysis7.92 miles away800 Grand Central Suite 8 Vienna West Virginia 26105CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (304) 917-4124
- Davita - Marietta Dialysis14.27 miles away1019 Pike Street Marietta Ohio 45750Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 376-2622
- Fmc - Dialysis Specialists of Marietta14.31 miles away14-16 Acme Street Marietta Ohio 45750Dialysis Stations: 16 (740) 376-0045