Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a lower end facility. Based on our ratings, this nursing home likely isn't the best fit for most people. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- 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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a middle of the pack score in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is typically a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what effect this had on quality of care. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below the national average. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home didn't perform very well here either. With a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is really as terrible as it gets. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated just 81.858406 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 87.89% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wayne Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.42 miles away2700 Wayne Memorial Dr Goldsboro North Carolina 27534Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 736-1110
Nearby Dialysis
- Rai Care Centers Goldsboro0.09 miles away2403 Wayne Memorial Dr Goldsboro North Carolina 27530Dialysis Stations: 16 (919) 734-0044
- Goldsboro Dialysis0.45 miles away2609 Hospital Road Goldsboro North Carolina 27534CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (919) 734-1410
- Goldsboro South Dialysis0.76 miles away1704 Wayne Memorial Drive Goldsboro North Carolina 27530CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (919) 739-6505
- Davita Coastal Plain Dialysis1.71 miles away209 Nc Hwy 111 S Goldsboro North Carolina 27534Dialysis Stations: 12 (919) 778-5766
- Mount Olive Dialysis15.39 miles away105 Michael Martin Road Mount Olive North Carolina 28365CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (919) 658-0878
- Greene County Dialysis Center16.93 miles away1025 Kingold Blvd Snow Hill North Carolina 28580Dialysis Stations: 21 (252) 747-9987