Green House Living for Sheridan is located in Sheridan, Wyoming, a city with a total of 24,558 people. After receiving an overall rating of A, this facility is one of the best facilities we looked at. As a matter of fact, this is actually the top nursing home in the city. One of the major highlights of this facility's exemplary profile is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Green House Living for Sheridan
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing rating. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
On the list of its many dominant scores, this facility was given first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A in that area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening health condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
We awarded this nursing home a score of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
In the final category, we gave this nursing home an A for its short-term care grade. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. In forming our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Green House Living for Sheridan Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 5.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 4.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 3.51% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: F
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 19.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 14.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 5.95% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 96.71% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-minus
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 14.9% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 17.03% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 1.06 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Green House Living for Sheridan, 17.03 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sheridan Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.91 miles away1401 W 5th St Sheridan Wyoming 82801Government - Local(307) 672-1044
Nearby Dialysis
- Watt Dialysis Center LLC0.88 miles away1401 West 5th St Sheridan Wyoming 82801Dialysis Stations: 8 (307) 672-1191
