Brookridge Retirement Community is a facility in Winston Salem, North Carolina which has a population of 250,944 people. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most people. If you take a look at the other options in Winston Salem, we are confident you will find this facility to be a better option than most nursing homes in the city. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card was its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Brookridge Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. We weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. We wish we had more information about this nursing home. Without having access to complete information regarding deficiencies, it is challenging to grade the place in the area of inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
This facility performed well in the area of short-term care. As a result, we gave it a score of A- for that category, which is one of our higher scores. Short-term care grades are often employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, we were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 7.1 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This nursing home was awarded a strong long-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 77.38095 percent of its residents against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B-minus
The next category we assessed is nursing. In this category, we awarded this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. We weighed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in determining our rating in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookridge Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-plus
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-minus
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: D
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 3.01% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: D
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 87.89% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: F
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-minus
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Brookridge Retirement Community, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Winston Salem, 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 B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Winston Salem, North Carolina has 8 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.07 miles away3333 Silas Creek Parkway Winston Salem North Carolina 27103Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 718-5000
- High Point Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.58 miles away601 N Elm St High Point North Carolina 27261Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 878-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Northside Dialysis Center of Wake Forest Univerisity3.09 miles away500 West Hanes Mill Road Winston Salem North Carolina 27105CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 45 (336) 744-0577
- Wfu Baptist Medical Center Dialysis Unit3.89 miles away8 N Hemodialysis Medical Center Blvd Winston Salem North Carolina 27157Dialysis Stations: 4 (336) 716-3170
- Piedmont Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University4.24 miles away655 Cotton Street Winston Salem North Carolina 27101CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 58 (336) 721-1360
- Miller Street Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University5.46 miles away120 Miller St Winston Salem North Carolina 27103CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 44 (336) 724-0468
- Salem Kidney Center of Wake Forest University5.58 miles away2705 Boulder Park Court Winston Salem North Carolina 27101CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (336) 761-8808
- King Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University9.63 miles away140 Moore Road King North Carolina 27021Dialysis Stations: 17 (336) 985-3531
- Fresenius Medical Care - High Point18.98 miles away1320 Eastchester Drive High Point North Carolina 27265Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 823-7046
- Triad Dialysis Center19.28 miles away4370 Regency Drive High Point North Carolina 27265CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (336) 454-0076
