Rex Rehab & Nsg Care Center

Rex Rehab & Nsg Care Center is a nursing home in Raleigh, North Carolina which has a total of 489,514 people. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated facilities we assessed. If you take a look at the other options in Raleigh, we are confident you will find this nursing home to be a much better option than most of the nursing homes in the city. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

This nursing home also was given an A+ for its short-term care score. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This place provided more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in North Carolina in this area with 68.9 percent of its residents returning home.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This place provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of that total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The final area we assessed ended up being this facility's poorest category. However, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of B- for long-term care. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of favorable nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination data is favorable also. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 97.24771 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This combination proved to be successful as this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.