Anderson Mill Health and Rehabilitation Center
2130 Anderson Mill Rd, Austell GA 30106 · (770) 941-8813 · 73.7% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Anderson Mill Health and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home in Austell, Georgia. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this looks like a solid nursing home. You could certainly do worse than this facility. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 170 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in long-term care. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category. This saved its overall profile. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 89.920425 percent of its residents. This is a bit less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. The last statistic we looked at is the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 3.08 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this wasn't as favorable as some of its other scores in this area, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Facility Inspections
This facility's second best category grade came in the area of government inspections. In that category, we gave this facility a B. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. Although this facility had a few 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 an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's higher category grades came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. Our short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 54.3 percent of its residents able to return home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the next category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D for the area of nursing. This is the nursing home's worst category grade. Of course, this score pulled down the facility's overall profile a bit. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this place also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Anderson Mill Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better