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St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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PO Box 9066,
Fairmont WV 26555

(304) 534-5220

85.96% estimated occupancy ¹

St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home is one of five facilities in Fairmont, West Virginia. With an overall score of B+, this facility turned out to be a superior option to many of the facilities in Fairmont. You could certainly do much worse than this place. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk 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

We also gave this facility a score of A- for our long-term care score. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 96.276596 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is frequently a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. We weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The next category we looked at is nursing. This facility received a strong nursing rating this year, with a B-. While this wasn't as strong as some of its other grades, this remains a respectable score in that area. Our nursing score is based on quite a few components, however, the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most nursing homes. Lastly, we like to look at quality-based statistics, such as the percentage of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 6.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 4.26% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 1.64% of Patients had UTIs

This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay patients that suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 5.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 14.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 2.21% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 97.63% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 19.23% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 16.09% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In St. Barbara's Memorial Nursing Home, 16.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.