Azalea Health and Rehabilitation is a facility located in Metter, Georgia. This city has 10,877 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires solid marks in most areas. You can certainly do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Azalea Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out that this facility earned near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Building on its strong performance in other areas, we gave this nursing home an B+ for our nursing rating. Our nursing score is largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next highest category grade in the category of long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. For prospective residents looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care grade this year, with a B-. Even though this is not as elite as several of its other category grades, this is still an acceptable rating for that category. Our short-term care scores are considered to be most important for people requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Azalea Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 10.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 3.23% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 18.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 21.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 5.43% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents showing symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 93.26% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 17.3% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 23.05% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 23.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Azalea Health and Rehabilitation, 69.88% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Candler County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.25 miles away400 Cedar Street Metter Georgia 30439Government - Hospital District or Authority(912) 685-5741
- East Georgia Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.35 miles away1499 Fair Road stateboro Georgia 30458Proprietary(912) 486-1500
- Evans Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.9 miles away200 N River Street Claxton Georgia 30417Government - Hospital District or Authority(912) 739-5105
Nearby Dialysis
- Candler County Dialysis0.53 miles away325 Cedar Road Metter Georgia 30439Dialysis Stations: 20 (912) 685-6604
- Fmc Bulloch County17.26 miles away1355 Brampton Ave stateboro Georgia 30458Dialysis Stations: 21 (912) 871-2968
- East Georgia Regional Dialysis Center17.29 miles away1989 Stambuk Lane Suite A stateboro Georgia 30458CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (912) 871-5394
- Fmc Claxton Dialysis Center18.96 miles away312 North River Street Claxton Georgia 30417Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 739-9449