Wellsburg Center is a small facility located in Wellsburg, West Virginia. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. We rated this nursing home in the top 50 nursing homes in West Virginia. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Wellsburg Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. We awarded it an A for this area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its dominant long-term care grade. It received one of our best scores in that category, with a grade of A. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents 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
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average grade of B in this area. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is typically a solid measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded was nursing. We awarded this facility a solid score in that area, with a B-. Even though this wasn't as dominant as a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is still not the end of the world. When computing our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wellsburg Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wellsburg Center, 9.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as 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 Wellsburg Center, 5.24% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wellsburg Center, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wellsburg Center, 17.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wellsburg Center, 24.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wellsburg Center, 3.17% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wellsburg Center, 93.89% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wellsburg Center, 16.15% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wellsburg Center, 18.95% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wellsburg Center, 18.95 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wellsburg Center, 12.45 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 usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wellsburg Center, 73.25% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Weirton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.84 miles away601 Colliers Way Weirton West Virginia 26062Government - Local(304) 797-6000
- East Ohio Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.1 miles away90 North Fourth Street Martins Ferry Ohio 43935Voluntary non-profit - Other(740) 633-4205
- Wheeling HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.92 miles away1 Medical Park Wheeling West Virginia 26003Voluntary non-profit - Church(304) 243-3000
- Ohio Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.61 miles away2000 Eoff Street Wheeling West Virginia 26003Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 234-0123
- Harrison Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.71 miles away951 East Market Street Cadiz Ohio 43907Voluntary non-profit - Private(740) 942-4631
- Washington Hospital, TheAcute Care Hospitals 19.82 miles away155 Wilson Avenue Washington Pennsylvania 15301Voluntary non-profit - Private(724) 225-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Steubenville Home Training Center5.99 miles away1799 Sinclair Avenue Suite 2 Steubenville Ohio 43952Dialysis Stations: 6 (740) 346-2740
- Davita - Steubenville Dialysis6.09 miles away1799 Sinclair Avenue Suite 1 Steubenville Ohio 43953CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (740) 346-2840
- Dialysis Clinic Inc.7.13 miles away4227 Mall Drive Steubenville Ohio 43952Dialysis Stations: 12 (740) 266-6687
- Weirton Dialysis Center9.81 miles away100 Colliers Way Suite 1 Weirton West Virginia 26062Dialysis Stations: 17 (304) 748-7384
- Davita - Paris Dialysis9.86 miles away32 Steubenville Pike Burgettstown Pennsylvania 15021Dialysis Stations: 17 (724) 729-3350
- Wheeling Dialysis Center16 miles away500 Medical Park Ste 100 Wheeling West Virginia 26003CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (304) 242-9135