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Glenwood Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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211 Ana Drive,
Florence AL 35630

(256) 766-8963

86.8% estimated occupancy ¹

Glenwood Center is one of a mere three nursing homes in Florence, Alabama. This nursing home turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. Remarkably, the facilities in Florence received high grades across the board, making this one of the best places in Alabama to find a nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its favorable overall score, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Among the reasons we graded this facility so well is that it was given a dominant long-term care grade. Indeed, long-term care turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A-. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our higher grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B+. Our short-term care grades are crucial for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

The next category we looked at is nursing. In that area, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of B-. This actually turned out to be this nursing home's worst category. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most nursing homes. Lastly, we also factored some quality measures into our nursing scores. This place was subpar in two of the major metrics we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally measures of the quality of nursing care available.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Glenwood Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Glenwood Center, 13.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Glenwood Center, 6.85% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric tells you the percent of long-term care patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Glenwood Center, 3.35% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who had UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Glenwood Center, 27.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Glenwood Center, 28.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Glenwood Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Glenwood Center, 100% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Glenwood Center, 14.97% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Glenwood Center, 19.47% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Glenwood Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Glenwood Center, 19.47% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Glenwood Center, 12.45% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Glenwood Center, 74.38% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

North Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.41 miles away1701 Veterans Drive Florence Alabama 35630Proprietary(256) 768-8400
Shoals HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.63 miles away201 West Avalon Avenue Muscle Shoals Alabama 35661Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 386-1601
Helen Keller Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.03 miles away1300 South Montgomery Avenue Sheffield Alabama 35660Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 386-4556

Nearby Dialysis

Davita Renaissance1.61 miles away1840 Darby Drive Florence Alabama 35630Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 764-2313
Florence Dialysis3.2 miles away422 East Dr. Hicks Blvd Florence Alabama 35630CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (256) 764-5050
Muscle Shoals Dialysis6.62 miles away712 State Street Muscle Shoals Alabama 35661Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 386-7028
Sheffield Dialysis7.21 miles away1120 S Jackson Hwy Ste 107 Sheffield Alabama 35660CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (256) 381-8004