Friends Homes at Guilford is a small non-profit facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. We awarded this facility a superb overall score of A. As a result, it outscored the vast majority of the nursing homes in Greensboro by quite a bit. In our view, this nursing home ought to be a wonderful choice for most people. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category ratings, which appear to be equally impressive as its overall score.
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Friends Homes at Guilford
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home performed well in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes fared this well in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its elite profile, this facility also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A for that area. Short-term care grades are critical for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our grade in this area. This nursing home averages 0.4 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final area, this nursing home also was awarded a first-rate long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This rounded out an elusive straight A report card. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 97.87234 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Friends Homes at Guilford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 3.14% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 12.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 21.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 3.84% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 88.29% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 19.92% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 21.81% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 21.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 12.78 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Friends Homes at Guilford, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Greensboro, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of F
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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