Brethren Retirement Community

Brethren Retirement Community is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Greenville, Ohio. Featuring an overall score of B+, this looks like a strong facility. We actually rated it as the number one nursing home in Greenville. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Another strong feature for this facility is that it was given an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B+. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this facility performed much more favorably. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 60.7 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.

Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 69.4051 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we expected. The last datapoint we looked at was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 1.93 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is middle of the road in this area.

The next category we graded was nursing. We gave this facility an acceptable score in this category, with a B-. Even though this wasn't as strong as several of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless not a bad grade. Our nursing grade assesses quite a few factors, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also considered some quality-based measures. This nursing home performed well in a few of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average.