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Heart of Georgia Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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815 Legion Drive,
Eastman GA 31023

(478) 374-5571

91.7% estimated occupancy 1

Heart of Georgia Nursing Home is an average-sized nursing home in Eastman, Georgia. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires respectable scores in most areas. This nursing home definitely has plenty of good features. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to earning a great overall rating, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent inspection reports. We gave it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best grades. Inspection grades are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

An additional quality feature for this nursing home is that it was awarded an impressive long-term care score. In fact, this proved to be its second best category score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. In calculating our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is not an impressive total. Finally, although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this statistic.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next area we assessed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest area. We gave this facility a D in that category. Sadly, this category pulled down the facility's overall profile to some degree. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. It looks like this facility was below average in several staffing metrics we assessed. The facility offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Heart of Georgia Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 7.42% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 2.61% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 13.71% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 20.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 0.6% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 99.16% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 13.77% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 13.03% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 13.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 5.5% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 77.48% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Dodge County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.11 miles away901 Griffin Ave Eastman Georgia 31023Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 448-4067
  • Bleckley Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.53 miles away145 Peacock Street Cochran Georgia 31014Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 934-6211
  • Taylor Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.27 miles away222 Perry Hwy Hawkinsville Georgia 31036Voluntary non-profit - Private(478) 783-0200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.0.24 miles away1078 Plaza Ave Eastman Georgia 31023Dialysis Stations: 20 (478) 374-4777
  • Us Renal Care Hawkinsville19.24 miles away292 Industrial Bld Ste 100 Hawkinsville Georgia 31036CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (478) 892-8008