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Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center's website

237 Tryon Road,
Rutherfordton NC 28139

(828) 286-7200

77.46% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center is a facility in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, a city with a total of 20,111 people. Our rating system was not very kind to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall rating of F. This facility is just about as bad as it gets. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this facility received a decent score in our long-term care category. We provide additional information on this category below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: C

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in categories G through L. This indicates the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

In addition, we gave this nursing home a rock-bottom F in the area of long-term care. Facilities that don't score well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated 65.07937 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit less than what we expected. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we looked at was short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is an abysmal grade. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 4.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 5.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 7.41% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 25.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 24.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 1.98% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 72.54% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 18.8% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 8.72% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 8.72% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 33.32% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center, 73.57% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Rutherford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.28 miles away288 South Ridgecrest Ave Rutherfordton North Carolina 28139Proprietary(828) 286-5000
  • St Lukes HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.28 miles away101 Hospital Drive Columbus North Carolina 28722Voluntary non-profit - Private(828) 894-3311

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Dialysis of Rutherford County Inc4.84 miles away226 Commercial Drive Forest City North Carolina 28043CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (828) 248-3660
  • Dialysis Clinic Inc Landrum17.33 miles away110 Asbury Drive Landrum South Carolina 29356Dialysis Stations: 13 (864) 457-2435
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc17.96 miles away108 Creekside Dr Shelby North Carolina 28150Dialysis Stations: 15 (704) 434-2291

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=345197