Kindred Hospital East Greensboro is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Greensboro, North Carolina with a population of 305,168 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires quality marks in most areas. If you take a look at the other options in Greensboro, we suspect you will find this place to be a better option than most nursing homes in the city. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Kindred Hospital East Greensboro
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Oncology Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We gave it a grade of A+ for this area, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to this facility's list of achievements, it also was given a top-shelf long-term care grade. We awarded them a strong strong of A in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.05 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facilities third best area was short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road score in this area. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
Nurse Quality
This facility's weakest category is nursing, which is the last category we analyzed. For this category, we gave this nursing home a D. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. With just 0.8 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kindred Hospital East Greensboro Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents that are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 3.01% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 87.89% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Hospitalizations
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Kindred Hospital East Greensboro, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Greensboro, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Greensboro, North Carolina has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- The Moses H Cone Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.06 miles away1200 N Elm St Greensboro North Carolina 27401Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 832-7000
- High Point Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.82 miles away601 N Elm St High Point North Carolina 27261Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 878-6000
- Alamance Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15 miles away1240 Huffman Mill Rd Burlington North Carolina 27216Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 538-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma of South Greensboro Inc1.59 miles away622 Industrial Avenue Greensboro North Carolina 27406CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 49 (336) 271-8178
- Biomedical Applications of North Carolina Inc2.83 miles away924 3rd Street Greensboro North Carolina 27405Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 274-5969
- Fmc of East Greensboro3.96 miles away3839 Burlington Road Greensboro North Carolina 27405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (336) 358-1233
- Greensboro Kidney Center4.69 miles away2700 Henry Street Greensboro North Carolina 27405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 56 (336) 375-1400
- Bma of Southwest Greensboro7.53 miles away5020 Mackay Road Jamestown North Carolina 27282CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (336) 854-7807
- Bma Northwest Greensboro Kidney Center8.6 miles away2837 Horsepen Creek Greensboro North Carolina 27410CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (336) 664-6869
- Triad Dialysis Center10.13 miles away4370 Regency Drive High Point North Carolina 27265CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (336) 454-0076
- Fresenius Medical Care - High Point13.02 miles away1320 Eastchester Drive High Point North Carolina 27265Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 823-7046