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Willowwood Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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4595 Cantrell Road,
Flowery Branch GA 30542

(770) 967-2070

92.2% estimated occupancy 1

Willowwood Nursing Center is in Flowery Branch, Georgia, a city with 31,946 people. This facility was given an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. Based on our ratings, this nursing home likely isn't a good fit for any prospective resident. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. We discuss inspections 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 - Individual
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall grade, we awarded it an A- for our inspections score. This grade is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this nursing home just a D for our long-term care rating and that actually turned out to be its second most respectable category. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.94721 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility wound up receiving a rock-bottom grade in our short-term care area. It received a lowly F in this category. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Given its abysmal grade in this category, we weren't stunned to find this place provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.5 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to the final area, this nursing home really didn't perform very well in this area either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is about as bad as it gets. There are quite a few subcategories included in this category. Most of the data points relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Willowwood Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 10.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 3.81% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 0.32% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 16.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 23.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 0.93% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 98.15% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 17.73% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 17.09% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 17.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 22.36% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Willowwood Nursing Center, 59.27% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncAcute Care Hospitals 9.52 miles away743 Spring Street Gainesville Georgia 30501Government - Local(770) 535-3553
  • Northside Hospital ForsythAcute Care Hospitals 13.14 miles away1200 Northside Forsyth Drive Cumming Georgia 30041Voluntary non-profit - Private(770) 844-3200
  • Northside Hospital GwinnettAcute Care Hospitals 16.67 miles away1000 Medical Center Boulevard Lawrenceville Georgia 30045Government - Hospital District or Authority(678) 312-1000
  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center BarrowAcute Care Hospitals 16.99 miles away316 North Broad Street Winder Georgia 30680Proprietary(770) 848-8611
  • Emory Johns Creek HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.53 miles away6325 Hospital Parkway Duluth Georgia 30097Proprietary(678) 474-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Braselton, LLC7.3 miles away2349 Sparta Way Buford Georgia 30519CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (770) 965-1190
  • Buford Dialysis8.79 miles away1550 Buford Hwy Ste 1e Buford Georgia 30518Dialysis Stations: 21 (770) 831-2379
  • Nephron Corporation8.89 miles away4585 Nelson Brogdon Blvd Buford Georgia 30518Dialysis Stations: 12 (770) 962-1231
  • Braselton Dialysis10.03 miles away1241 Friendship Rd Suite 130 Braselton Georgia 30517Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 965-6056
  • Northeast Georgia Home Training10.06 miles away1485 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Ne Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 1 (770) 297-0547
  • Jesse Jewell Dialysis10.06 miles away1475 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Ne Suite 110 Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 538-7598
  • Fresenius Medical Care Hall County10.08 miles away1492 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Se Gainesville Georgia 30501CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (678) 989-0231
  • Fresenius Kidney Care North Forsyth10.2 miles away3530 Rowe Lane Cumming Georgia 30041Dialysis Stations: 11 (770) 886-5750