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River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

250 Lovers Lane,
Washington NC 27889

(252) 975-1636

81.35% estimated occupancy ¹

River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large facility in Washington, North Carolina. This nursing home is a respectable facility, with an overall grade of B-. This place seems to have some things going for it. One of the better aspects of this facility's report card is its strong inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was awarded a strong score in our short-term care category. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B+ in that area. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. There are several subcategories included in this category. Most of these factors reflect staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the final area we assessed. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a D. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.2629 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.53% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have suffered from a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 29.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 97.1% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 20.56% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Some argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.84% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.84% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.22% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 74.91% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.