Brightwood Center
840 Lee Road, Follansbee WV 26037 · (304) 527-1100 · 87.34% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brightwood Center is a large nursing home located in Follansbee, West Virginia. We gave this nursing home a bottom of the barrel overall score based on the data we assessed. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Follansbee. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we gave this place a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B for our inspections category. This is the result of the facility receiving a decent government inspection report this year. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. Unfortunately, this nursing home was hit with a category L deficiency, which was unexpected given its inspection rating. This category of deficiency means the government inspectors uncovered a widespread deficiency putting patient safety or health in imminent jeopardy. Any serious deficiency is a major concern. While other aspects of this nursing home's inspection report were favorable, we have some reservations.
Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we gave this nursing home a grade of B- for its long-term care score, which is not too bad of a score. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the highly skilled nursing or healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.26 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Nursing scores are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home offered just 3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these datapoints to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this nursing home didn't perform well in this category either. With an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this place offers significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 28.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brightwood Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better