Wilora Lake Healthcare Center is a small nursing home in Charlotte, North Carolina. This nursing home was awarded a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a subpar grade. This isn't the worse facility we graded, but we would still struggle to recommend it. Nevertheless, this nursing home did just fine in our inspections category, which you can read more about below.
Wilora Lake Healthcare 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 - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were fairly low on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of A for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid nursing homes that have a long list of deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable category was short-term care, but it nevertheless received just a D in that category. This turns out to be a relatively poor grade. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a fair measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average nursing home. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.3 percent of its residents returning home.
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Nurse Quality
We were surprised to find that this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing. We awarded it a score of D for that category, which is one of our best grades. In computing our nursing grades, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our next category, this nursing home really did not fare well here either. With a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 89.52879 percent of its patients. This is quite a bit below what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wilora Lake Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 3.01% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 87.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is critical to patients health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wilora Lake Healthcare Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Charlotte, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Carolinas Healthcare System NortheastAcute Care Hospitals 17.71 miles away920 Church St N Concord North Carolina 28025Government - Hospital District or Authority(704) 783-3000
Nearby Dialysis
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