Winston Salem Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
1900 W 1st Street, Winston Salem NC 27104 · (336) 724-2821 · 81.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Winston Salem Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Winston Salem, North Carolina, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. Our rating scheme was not very kind to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall score of F. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is not a good fit for any prospective resident. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 230 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this facility's overall score was terrible, it fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility received an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more meaningful for folks requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Given its abysmal rating in this category, we were not stunned to learn this nursing home provides significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 32.8 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Another unfortunate development is the F this facility received in the category of long-term care. Nursing homes that don't score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 80.34188 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was not as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Although it had 2.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not bad due to it having more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is a very poor grade. Our nursing grade focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. In addition to ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor marks in the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in both of these metrics. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this nursing home's nursing grade significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Winston Salem Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of 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 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better