Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is the only facility we identified in Cowen, West Virginia. With an overall grade of B, this is a very respectable nursing home. Based on all of the relevant data, you could do much worse than this facility. This place was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a quality facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few facilities performed better in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It doesn't look like we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.53488 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable area was its short-term care score, where it received a grade of B-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is typically a meaningful measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we assessed is nursing. This facility was awarded a grade of C in this area. Our nursing score is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is far below average. Lastly, our nursing grades also consider some quality-focused statistics. We like to look at the percentage of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these statistics are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.74% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 28.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 96.78% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.23% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.63% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.63% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 25.63% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Webster Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 80.11% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Webster County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 9.05 miles away324 Miller Mountain Drive Webster Springs West Virginia 26288Government - Local(304) 847-5682
- Summersville Regional Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 17.41 miles away400 Fairview Heights Road Summersville West Virginia 26651Government - Local(304) 872-2891
- Braxton County Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.43 miles away100 Hoylman Drive Gassaway West Virginia 26624Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 364-5156
Nearby Dialysis
- Mountain Ridge Dialysis17.35 miles away229 Merchants Walk Summersville West Virginia 26651Dialysis Stations: 12 (304) 872-9206