Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a senior living facility located in Taylorsville, North Carolina. The city has a total of 25,910 people. With an overall grade of D, this is a well below average facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Taylorsville. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this area, which was much better than its overall grade. Our inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a positive long-term care grade. In fact, we gave them a grade of B in this category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.05882 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a C in this category. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to forge a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The important question is whether this adversely impacted quality of care. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home did not perform well in this area either. With a very poor grade of F in nursing, this is about as bad as it gets. The nursing score consists of a handful of data points, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. With just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used to treat a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 87.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Catawba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15 miles away810 Fairgrove Church Rd Hickory North Carolina 28602Voluntary non-profit - Other(828) 326-3809
- Frye Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.4 miles away420 N Center St Hickory North Carolina 28601Proprietary(828) 322-6070
- Wilkes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.02 miles away1370 West D St North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Government - Local(336) 651-8100
- Iredell Memorial Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.25 miles away557 Brookdale Dr P O Box 1828 stateville North Carolina 28677Voluntary non-profit - Private(704) 873-5661
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Alexander County1.47 miles away175 Commerce Drive Taylorsville North Carolina 28681Dialysis Stations: 13 (828) 632-3547
- Fresenius Medical Services of Catawba Valley13.79 miles away301 10th Street Nw Suite C 101 Conover North Carolina 28613CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (828) 464-3830
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Hickory14.85 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Ste 1103 Hickory North Carolina 28602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (828) 324-9580
- Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina, Inc.14.85 miles away1899 Tate Blvd Se Suite 2102 Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 5 (828) 304-0018
- Davita Catawba County Dialysis15.02 miles away1900 3rd Avenue Lane Se Hickory North Carolina 28602Dialysis Stations: 10 (828) 304-0102
- West Iredell Dialysis Center15.3 miles away115 Westbrook Lane stateville North Carolina 28625CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (704) 881-0336
- Wilkes Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University16.82 miles away1917 W. Park Dr Suite A North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 903-6809
- Wilkes Dialysis Center16.82 miles away1917 a West Park Drive North Wilkesboro North Carolina 28659Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 903-6809