Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community is a small non-profit nursing home located in Greensboro, North Carolina. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. Based on our analysis, you can't go wrong here. We also gave this facility phenomenal scores in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. Short-term care ratings are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility an A+. Our nursing score analyzes quite a few factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a B. While this wound up being its least impressive category grade, this is still a strong rating. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. One of the data points we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 93.181816 percent of its residents. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 3.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which experienced falls leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 3.14% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 12.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 21.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 3.84% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 88.29% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 19.92% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 21.81% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is critical to residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 21.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Whitestone a Masonic and Eastern Star Community, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Greensboro, NC
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of F
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Greensboro, North Carolina has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- The Moses H Cone Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.79 miles away1200 N Elm St Greensboro North Carolina 27401Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 832-7000
- High Point Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.68 miles away601 N Elm St High Point North Carolina 27261Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 878-6000
- Alamance Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.2 miles away1240 Huffman Mill Rd Burlington North Carolina 27216Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 538-7000
- Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.59 miles away207 Old Lexington Rd Box 789 Thomasville North Carolina 27360Voluntary non-profit - Private(336) 472-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Biomedical Applications of North Carolina Inc4.2 miles away924 3rd Street Greensboro North Carolina 27405Dialysis Stations: 24 (336) 274-5969
- Bma of Southwest Greensboro4.38 miles away5020 Mackay Road Jamestown North Carolina 27282CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (336) 854-7807
- Bma of South Greensboro Inc4.71 miles away622 Industrial Avenue Greensboro North Carolina 27406CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 49 (336) 271-8178
- Greensboro Kidney Center5.13 miles away2700 Henry Street Greensboro North Carolina 27405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 56 (336) 375-1400
- Bma Northwest Greensboro Kidney Center5.23 miles away2837 Horsepen Creek Greensboro North Carolina 27410CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (336) 664-6869
- Triad Dialysis Center5.87 miles away4370 Regency Drive High Point North Carolina 27265CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (336) 454-0076
- Fmc of East Greensboro7.36 miles away3839 Burlington Road Greensboro North Carolina 27405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (336) 358-1233
- Fresenius Medical Care - High Point9.49 miles away1320 Eastchester Drive High Point North Carolina 27265Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 823-7046