Trinity Elms
7449 Fair Oaks Drive, Clemmons NC 27012 · (336) 747-1153 · 90.9% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Trinity Elms is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Clemmons, North Carolina. This nursing home turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. The best aspect of this facility's impressive profile is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It outpaced most facilities in this area. In our short-term care rating, we seek to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 52 percent of its patients able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a favorable long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the impressive nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.78 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes due to it having more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing. In this category, we gave this facility a solid grade of B-. This proved to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This particular facility provided 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was among the higher totals we found. Lastly, we also factored some quality measures into our nursing grades. Specifically, we looked at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Trinity Elms Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia 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 residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is 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 metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better