Goodwill Mennonite Home is the sole nursing home we found in Grantsville, Maryland. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this is a strong nursing home. You could certainly do much worse than this facility. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Goodwill Mennonite Home
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities fared better in that category. Our inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a score of A- for our long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.72973 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded a strong short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a score of B. In our short-term care score, we try to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at was nursing, in which this facility was given a B. This nursing home didn't end up having any real weaknesses. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 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 facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a patient more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Goodwill Mennonite Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 10.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 2.07% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of poor nursing care. More frequent bathing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 10.18% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 92.14% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 19.83% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 28.37% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 1.1 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 Goodwill Mennonite Home, 28.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Goodwill Mennonite Home, 8.93 Percentage of Patients
This tells you 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 Goodwill Mennonite Home, 74.3% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 9.73 miles away200 Hospital Drive Meyersdale Pennsylvania 15552Proprietary(814) 634-5911