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Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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1624 Highland Drive,
Washington NC 27889

(252) 946-9570

85.07% estimated occupancy 1

Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center is a nursing home in Washington, North Carolina, a city with 27,468 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some respectable scores. This facility has some things working in its favor. The best part of this place's profile is its exemplary inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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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
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A. This is a much better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's short-term care rating is one of its respectable features. The facility received a B- in this area. In forming these short-term care scores, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what effect this had on quality of care. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facilities next best category was long-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this category. Our long-term care grade is generally used to judge a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated only 79.01907 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next area we graded was nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is clearly a major disappointment. The nursing rating consists of many factors, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 13.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 4.63% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 1.94% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 14.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 22.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 1.19% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 85.25% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 26.67% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 21.09% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 21.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 7.9% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Ridgewood Living & Rehab Center, 69.75% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Vidant Beaufort HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.99 miles away628 E 12th St Washington North Carolina 27889Voluntary non-profit - Private(252) 975-4100
  • Martin General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.96 miles away310 S Mccaskey Rd P O Box 1128 Williamston North Carolina 27892Government - Local(252) 809-6179

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bma of Pamlico3.66 miles away1983 West Fifth Street Washington North Carolina 27889CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (252) 975-5950
  • Dialysis Care of Martin County Inc19.99 miles away100 Medical Drive Williamston North Carolina 27892CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (252) 792-2386

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=345228