Greenwood Meadows
1200 N Sr 135, Greenwood IN 46142 · (317) 300-2200 · 89.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Greenwood Meadows is a large government-owned nursing home in Greenwood, Indiana. With an overall grade of B+, this proved to be ranked among the three highest graded facilities in the city. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 169 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This facility received a quality overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave it an A in this category. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other achievements is its top-shelf long-term care score. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a score of A. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at is its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 1.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we graded was short-term care. This facility received a very positive short-term care score, with a grade of B+ in the area. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers at least 50% more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most other facilities. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Indiana in this area with 64.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the last category, we gave this facility a grade of D for our nursing category. This was the nursing home's weakest category rating. Nevertheless, you should not dwell on a single weak category. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Although this nursing home's nursing hours are below average, it surprised us in some of the qualitative data points in this category. In particular, we were pleased to find that its residents are sustaining fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Greenwood Meadows Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received 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 is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better