Goodwill Mennonite Home
891 Dorsey Hotel Road, Grantsville MD 21536 · (301) 895-5194 · 98.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Goodwill Mennonite Home is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Grantsville, Maryland. This turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. This place definitely has plenty working in its favor. Fortunately, this place didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 107 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also fared well in our long-term care category, where it received an impressive grade of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered after this facility's above average nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for seniors. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.16 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with a score of A-. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Our inspection grades are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspections. Nursing homes that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. When computing our nursing grades, we look at both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is short-term care. This nursing home was given a strong short-term care score this year, with a grade of C. While this is not quite as impressive as a few of its other grades, this is still a decent rating for this area. Our short-term care grade is generally used to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 35.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Goodwill Mennonite Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better