Woodcrest at Blakeford is in Nashville, Tennessee. The city offers a host of options. Sporting an overall score of A+, this facility is without a doubt a phenomenal facility. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. Headlining this facility's exemplary report card is its long-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Woodcrest at Blakeford
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
On the list of its many high-end grades, this facility received a strong short-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A in this category. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this nursing home is its inspection rating. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Our inspection scores are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility was given an extremely favorable nursing score. We awarded it an A- in that category, rounding out a straight A profile. Our nursing score assesses many subcategories, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these data points as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Woodcrest at Blakeford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 8.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had 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 routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 4.76% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. However, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 16.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 7.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 16.56% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 99.44% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 12.42% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 20.99% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 20.99% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 9.87% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Woodcrest at Blakeford, 82.69% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Nashville, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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