Wilmington Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that category, with an A. This is a notably better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Additionally, we awarded this facility a grade of B in our long-term care category. This is one of our higher grades. When nursing homes 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. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.54902 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The next category we analyzed was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a C in this area. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Our last category is nursing, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area. The nursing rating is based on a host of data points. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its residents.