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Altamaha Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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1311 West Cherry Street,
Jesup GA 31545

(912) 427-7792

91.12% estimated occupancy 1

Altamaha Healthcare Center is a facility in Jesup, Georgia, which has a population of 24,228 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. You could certainly do worse than this facility. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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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 Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

An additional strength of this nursing home is its high-end score in long-term care. We gave them one of our best grades in that category, with a score of A-. For residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 89.69072 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a few points less than we expected but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this nursing home only received a D for its short-term care grade, which is not an impressive grade. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be more important for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We found that this facility was subpar in several staffing areas we assessed. The facility supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 5.1 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

This facility's worst area was nursing, which is the final category we looked at. It received a lowly F in this category. Even with some decent grades in other categories, this score is still concerning so we would like to to make a note of it. Our nursing score assesses many data points, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home averaged a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. In addition to its subpar nursing hour totals, this place also earned poor scores in many of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We found that a higher percentage of this facility's residents sustained falls leading to serious injury.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Altamaha Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 4.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 6.19% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 1.11% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 16.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to 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 mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 25.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 7.69% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 92.35% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 14.29% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 9.26% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 9.26% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 19.56% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Altamaha Healthcare Center, 83.58% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Wayne Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.03 miles away865 South First Street Jesup Georgia 31545Government - Hospital District or Authority(912) 530-3302

Nearby Dialysis

  • Jesup Dialysis1.07 miles away301 Peachtree St Jesup Georgia 31545CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 427-8946