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Signature Healthcare of Savannah

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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815 East 63 Street,
Savannah GA 31405

(912) 352-8615

91.91% estimated occupancy 1

Signature Healthcare of Savannah is located in Savannah, Georgia. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of C. A score in this range requires some respectable scores. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Savannah, which is a B-. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest 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 of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in long-term care. This nursing home received a B+ in this category, which turns out to be one of our higher grades. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 88.947365 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit below what we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this facility only earned a grade of D for its short-term care score, which is not an impressive grade. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more meaningful for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. With its score in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this place is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the data we assessed. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home's least impressive area is nursing, which is the final category we scored. It received a lowly F for this category. Despite several decent scores in other areas, this score is still disappointing so we felt obligated to point it out. There are a variety of criteria included in this area. Many of the data points relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this facility's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This facility had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These metrics hurt this facility's nursing rating quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Signature Healthcare of Savannah Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 7.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 4.21% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 12.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 17.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are typically used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 14.47% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 89.64% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 17.13% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 21.49% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 21.49% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 13.43% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of Savannah, 79.37% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Savannah, GA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Savannah, Georgia has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Memorial Health University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.14 miles away4700 Waters Avenue Savannah Georgia 31404Voluntary non-profit - Other(912) 350-3691
  • Candler HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.57 miles away5353 Reynolds Street Savannah Georgia 31412Voluntary non-profit - Other(912) 819-6000
  • Georgia Regional Hosp SavannahPsychiatric 2.25 miles away1915 Eisenhower Drive Savannah Georgia 31416Government - State(912) 356-2045
  • St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahAcute Care Hospitals 4.81 miles away11705 Mercy Boulevard Savannah Georgia 31419Voluntary non-profit - Private(912) 819-4100
  • Coastal Carolina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.7 miles away1000 Medical Center Drive Hardeeville South Carolina 29927Proprietary(843) 784-8182

Nearby Dialysis

  • Derenne Dialysis1.24 miles away5303 Montgomery St Savannah Georgia 31405CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (912) 352-1354
  • Williams Street Dialysis1.38 miles away2812 Williams St Savannah Georgia 31404CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (912) 354-5005
  • Coastal Dialysis Center1.41 miles away1460 East Victory Drive Savannah Georgia 31404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (912) 232-2691
  • Dsi Savannah Drayton Dialysis2.22 miles away1020 Drayton Street Savannah Georgia 31401CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (912) 233-6067
  • Bayshore Dialysis LLC3.02 miles away540 E Oglethorpe Ave Savannah Georgia 31401Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 236-3053
  • Abercorn Dialysis4.74 miles away11706 Mercy Blvd Bldg 9 Savannah Georgia 31419CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (912) 961-6006
  • Fmc West Chatham Dialysis Center6.57 miles away113 Minus Avenue Savannah Georgia 31408Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 965-0305
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.7.67 miles away5694a Ogeechee Road Savannah Georgia 31405Dialysis Stations: 19 (912) 232-5554