With an address in Augusta, Georgia, Amara Healthcare & Rehab is one of four available facilities in this area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires above average scores in most areas. Indeed, we thought highly enough of this facility to rank it ahead of the majority of the nursing homes in Augusta. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Amara Healthcare & Rehab
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Oct 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
2021 Scott Road,
Augusta GA 30906
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of earning a strong overall rating, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. We gave it a grade of A- for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't deem 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.
Nurse Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Nursing ratings are mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a patient more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this nursing home also earned a score of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 96.969696 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a B+. This completed a very impressive report card. Only a select few nursing homes received a B+ or better in every single category. Short-term care grades are vital for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Amara Healthcare & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 4.8% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 94.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Amara Healthcare & Rehab, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Augusta, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Augusta, Georgia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Au Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.05 miles away1120 15th Street Augusta Georgia 30912Voluntary non-profit - Other(706) 721-6569
- University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.46 miles away1350 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30901Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 722-9011
- Doctors HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.67 miles away3651 Wheeler Road Augusta Georgia 30909Proprietary(706) 651-6008
- Dwight Eisenhower Amc (Ft Gordon)Acute Care - Department of Defense 6.53 miles away300 East Hospital Road Augusta Georgia 30905Department of Defense(706) 787-5811
- Aiken Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.4 miles away302 University Parkway Aiken South Carolina 29801Proprietary(803) 641-5900
Nearby Dialysis
- Nephrology Center of South Augusta0.64 miles away1631 Gordon Hwy Store 1b Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 19 (706) 790-8300
- Rai Deans Bridge0.8 miles away2841 Deans Bridge Road Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 790-5909
- Ara South Augusta Clinic0.81 miles away1649 Gordon Highway Augusta Georgia 30906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (706) 796-1236
- South Augusta Dialysis Clinic, LLC1.65 miles away3206 Peach Orchard Road Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 16 (706) 798-5774
- Fmc New Bailie3.28 miles away1717 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30904Dialysis Stations: 29 (706) 481-6920
- Wylds Road Dialysis3.74 miles away1815 Wylds Road Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 20 (706) 733-0522
- Ara Augusta LLC3.82 miles away1000 Telfair St Augusta Georgia 30901CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (706) 774-0130
- Hephzibah Dialysis Clinic LLC5.21 miles away2516 Tobacco Rd Hephzibah Georgia 30815CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 790-9314