The Laurels of Forest Glenn is an average-sized nursing home located in Garner, North Carolina. This is a well below average facility, with an overall grade of D. At the end of the day, we'd be very reluctant to recommend this nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
The Laurels of Forest Glenn
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home's overall grade, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an C. Nursing ratings are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this area.
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is not a score to write home about. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our fourth area, this nursing home really didn't perform well in this category either. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 84.78261 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit below the national average. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Laurels of Forest Glenn Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 3.01% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 87.89% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Laurels of Forest Glenn, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- WakemedAcute Care Hospitals 6.01 miles away3000 New Bern Ave Raleigh North Carolina 27610Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 350-8000
- Duke Health Raleigh HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.6 miles away3400 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh North Carolina 27609Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 954-3000
- Rex HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.76 miles away4420 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh North Carolina 27607Government - State(919) 784-3100
- WakemedAcute Care Hospitals 8.94 miles away1900 Kildare Farm Road Cary North Carolina 27518Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 350-2550
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmcna Southwest Wake Dialysis2.08 miles away320 Gideon Creek Way Raleigh North Carolina 27603CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (919) 771-1022
- Fresenius Medical Care White Oak2.16 miles away520 Timber Drive East Suite 105 Garner North Carolina 27529Dialysis Stations: 12 (919) 779-6001
- Fmc New Hope Dialysis5.47 miles away835 South New Hope Road Raleigh North Carolina 27610CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (919) 231-3700
- Fresenius Medical Care Central Raleigh5.96 miles away802 Semart Drive Raleigh North Carolina 27604CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (919) 832-2644
- Raleigh Dialysis Clinic Inc7.23 miles away3943 New Bern Ave, Suite 100 Raleigh North Carolina 27610CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (919) 231-3146
- Fresenius Medical Care Stallings Station9.57 miles away5420 Barber Mill Road Clayton North Carolina 27520CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (919) 550-7456
- Fmc Wake Dialysis Clinic10.27 miles away3604 Bush Street Raleigh North Carolina 27609CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (919) 876-7501
- Cary Kidney Center10.33 miles away5045 Old Raleigh Road Cary North Carolina 27511Dialysis Stations: 28 (919) 462-0976