Meadowbrook Acres
2149 Greenbrier Street, Charleston WV 25311 · (304) 344-4268 · 98% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Meadowbrook Acres is located in Charleston, West Virginia. This city has 116,525 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack score. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Charleston, which is a B-. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We would like to point out that this nursing home's nursing grade exceeded its overall grade. This nursing home earned a B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. In determining our nursing ratings, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is more than what is offered by most nursing homes. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed as well as just about any place we assessed. Avoiding major falls is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Serious falls can often be prevented if more nurses and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. As a matter of fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in this category, which happens to be one of our better. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final item we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. This place performed better than most facilities in this area with 54.2 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received a very favorable inspection grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.19005 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 1.21 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadowbrook Acres Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better