The Laurels of Forest Glenn
1101 Hartwell Street, Garner NC 27529 · (919) 772-8888 · 94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Laurels of Forest Glenn is one of just a few available facilities in Garner, North Carolina. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack score. You could definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this facility's profile was its remarkable inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its decent overall score, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than its overall score. Inspection grades are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a strong grade in short-term care. This facility received a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better scores. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is frequently a fair assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. This facility improved its grade in this area by offering more than one and a half times as many hours of physical therapy to its patients than the typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 60.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The third highest category we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a C. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.290596 percent of its patients, which is higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 2.35 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than most facilities since it had more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated was nursing, which ended up being this facility's least impressive category. We gave this facility a D in that category. Unfortunately, this category hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. In addition to receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found this facility was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Laurels of Forest Glenn Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
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 metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better