Located in Goshen, Indiana, Greencroft Goshen is one of a mere three available facilities in this city. This is a decent facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Goshen. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Greencroft Goshen
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home's best category grade came in the area of government inspections. In this category, we gave this nursing home a B+. It actually outperformed most facilities in this category. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home an impressive grade in short-term care. This facility received a B in this category, which happens to be one of our better grades. In computing our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is considered to be a reliable measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are seeing patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is not a bad grade in this category. In our long-term care category, we assess the sheer volume of services provided by a facility, as well as a series of quality data points. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.2284 percent of its patients. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Greencroft Goshen Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Greencroft Goshen, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Greencroft Goshen, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Greencroft Goshen, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Greencroft Goshen, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Greencroft Goshen, 22.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Greencroft Goshen, 14.48% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Greencroft Goshen, 91.03% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Greencroft Goshen, 15.46% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Greencroft Goshen, 12.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Greencroft Goshen, 1.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Greencroft Goshen, 12.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Greencroft Goshen, 12.43 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Greencroft Goshen, 73.74% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Goshen General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.67 miles away200 High Park Ave Goshen Indiana 46526Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 364-1000
- Elkhart General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.08 miles away600 E Blvd Elkhart Indiana 46514Government - Local(574) 294-2621
- Community Hospital of Bremen IncCritical Access Hospitals 19.01 miles away1020 High Rd Bremen Indiana 46506Voluntary non-profit - Private(574) 546-2211
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Nephrology - Goshen0.67 miles away2257 Karisa Drive, Suite 1 Goshen Indiana 46526Dialysis Stations: 25 (574) 533-9031
- Fmc - Nephrology - Elkhart9.53 miles away700 Waterbury Park Drive Elkhart Indiana 46517CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (574) 294-4444
- Davita - Elkhart12.95 miles away1401 N Michigan St Elkhart Indiana 46514Dialysis Stations: 12 (574) 262-5295
- Fmc - Nephrology - Home19.84 miles away250 E. Day Road, Suite 300 Mishawaka Indiana 46545Dialysis Stations: 2 (574) 273-6777