Saturn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1930 West Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte NC 28262 · (704) 598-4480 · 90.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Saturn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center turns out to be one of many nursing home options to select from in Charlotte, North Carolina. With an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel nursing home. As far as we can see, you would be better off to avoid of this facility. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a horrible overall grade, we awarded it an A for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home just a D for our short-term care score and that actually turned out to be its next best score. In crafting our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. With its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this facility is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We were surprised to find that it performed better in this area, with 50 percent of its residents returning home. This was just about this nursing home's sole highlight in this area.
Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This facility averaged only 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this place also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a rock bottom score in this area also. We gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is obviously a major concern. For patients looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.2629 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Saturn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures 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
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better