Universal Health Care/North Raleigh is a facility located in Raleigh, North Carolina which has a population of 489,514 people. With an overall score of D, this is a well below average facility. This facility has very little working in its favor. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Universal Health Care/North Raleigh
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a very good grade in the category of inspections. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our better grades. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid places that have too many severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest area is its long-term care grade, where it was given a B-. In calculating these long-term care grades, we analyze the facility's personal care services. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 97.83784 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Another concern is the F this facility received in the area of short-term care. In calculating these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Considering its score in this category, we were not stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 5.1 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we looked at is nursing, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade in this area also. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this category, which is obviously very concerning. Our nursing rating weighs many data points, many of which are based on nursing hours. This particular facility provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Universal Health Care/North Raleigh Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 3.01% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 87.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Universal Health Care/North Raleigh, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Raleigh, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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