GlenFields Living with Care

One of the reasons this place ended up being a quality nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this critical area. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In addition, this facility was given superb marks in the area of long-term care. For this reason, it received one of our most impressive scores in that category with a grade of A+. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.14815 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. We assessed the levels of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with residents, in determining our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a patient at least once a day.

In our final category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our short-term care grade. This wrapped up a first-rate report card. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.