Willows Center
723 Summers Street, Parkersburg WV 26101 · (304) 428-5573 · 95.36% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Willows Center is in Parkersburg, West Virginia, a city with 46,768 people. With an overall grade of B. After looking at the other options in Parkersburg, this appears to be a better selection than many of them. In our view, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 97 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to its strong overall score, we gave this facility an A- for our long-term care grade. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.68652 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on some of the medical complexity of patients.
Facility Inspections
Turning to another one of this nursing home's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best category grades. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A-. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our stronger grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. It performed decently in this area, with 47.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Our last category is nursing, in which we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade weighs several subcategories, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, this place was relatively weak in two of the major metrics we focus on, with subpar scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willows Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. 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 situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better