Greenbriar Center

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

We were also pleasantly surprised to discover that this nursing home earned a somewhat respectable short-term care rating this year. We awarded it a grade of C in this area. Short-term care grades are critical for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final item we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 5.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Another issue was the F this nursing home was given in the category of long-term care. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 92.85714 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

The last category we rated is nursing. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is a rock bottom grade. Our nursing rating features a number of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This place offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.