Briarwood Community Living Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Briarwood Community Living Center's website

41 Hospital Drive, PO Box 1067,
Lexington TN 38351

(731) 968-6629

62.18% estimated occupancy ¹

Briarwood Community Living Center is a small facility located in Lexington, Tennessee. With an overall grade of B-, this appears to be a middle of the pack nursing home. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's profile was is its long-term care grade. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.

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
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Meal Delivery
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
X-Ray
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Long-term Care Quality

We want to note that this place earned a much better grade for long-term care than it received overall. In fact, we gave it one of our best grades in that area with an A. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 97.77778 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Our nursing rating is primarily based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

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Short-term Care Quality

Another one of this facility's higher category scores came in the category of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. Short-term care grades are important for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we considered the number of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Moving on the last category of inspections, this ended up being this nursing home's worst grade. Inspection grades are based on a facility's recent government inspections. We gave this nursing home a score of D in this category, which is not a very good grade. Since this data is collected by independent inspectors, we tend to take it pretty seriously. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. Generally, you should be especially cautious when considering a nursing home with severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This particular nursing home had one category J or K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. Lastly, this facility also received large government fines recently.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Briarwood Community Living Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 3.4% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term patients which sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 15.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 29.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 8.67% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 89.63% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 16.71% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 26.22% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that mobility is critical to patients health.

Hospitalizations

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 1.21 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 26.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Briarwood Community Living Center, 11.37 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

Henderson County Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.16 miles away200 W Church St Lexington Tennessee 38351Proprietary(731) 968-1801
Decatur County General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.48 miles away969 Tennessee Ave S Parsons Tennessee 38363Government - Local(731) 847-3031

Nearby Dialysis

Lexington Dialysis0.94 miles away390 S. Broad Lexington Tennessee 38351Dialysis Stations: 13 (731) 968-0350
Dci Beech Lake1.52 miles away870 W Church Street Lexington Tennessee 38351Dialysis Stations: 7 (731) 968-2513