Glenwood Healthcare
PO Box 869, Glenwood GA 30428 · (912) 523-5102 · 74.19% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Glenwood Healthcare is a small facility in Glenwood, Georgia. With an overall score of D, this is a well below average nursing home. At the end of the day, we'd be very reluctant to recommend this facility. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection rating. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 62 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were fairly low on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of A for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a list of severe deficiencies flagged. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The next most favorable category we awarded this facility in any area came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 97.63314 percent of its patients, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.15 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure was not quite as favorable than its other scores in this category.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility offered just 2.8 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to its weak nursing hour totals, this place earned suboptimal marks in many of the quality-based metrics we considered in computing our nursing grades. We found that more of this facility's residents sustained falls which led to serious injury. We believe that many falls could likely be avoided with better nursing care. This metric contributed to this nursing home receiving a poor nursing grade.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was short-term care, in which this facility was given an abysmal score in this area as well. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category, which is obviously a major concern. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. With its abysmal rating in this category, we were not stunned to find that this nursing home provides substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 40.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Glenwood Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better