Azalealand Nursing Home is located in Savannah, Georgia. This city has a population of 236,823 people. We gave this nursing home a C overall, which isn't a bad score. This is comparable with the city grade in Savannah, which is a B-. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this place's profile was its exemplary inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Azalealand Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave it a grade of A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a favorable grade in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this area. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 91.90283 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a few points below what we expected but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an impressive grade of D. We looked at the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with residents, in determining our grade in this category. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive area is short-term care, which is the last area we scored. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this category. Despite a few solid scores in other areas, this score is still alarming so we felt obligated to draw your attention to it. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this place provides significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 2.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Azalealand Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 10.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 3.23% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 18.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 21.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 5.43% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 93.26% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 17.3% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 23.05% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 23.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 11.54 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Azalealand Nursing Home, 69.88% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Savannah, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Hospitals
- Georgia Regional Hosp SavannahPsychiatric 1.01 miles away1915 Eisenhower Drive Savannah Georgia 31416Government - State(912) 356-2045
- Memorial Health University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away4700 Waters Avenue Savannah Georgia 31404Voluntary non-profit - Other(912) 350-3691
- Candler HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.61 miles away5353 Reynolds Street Savannah Georgia 31412Voluntary non-profit - Other(912) 819-6000
- St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahAcute Care Hospitals 4.93 miles away11705 Mercy Boulevard Savannah Georgia 31419Voluntary non-profit - Private(912) 819-4100
Nearby Dialysis
- Williams Street Dialysis2.02 miles away2812 Williams St Savannah Georgia 31404CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (912) 354-5005
- Coastal Dialysis Center2.15 miles away1460 East Victory Drive Savannah Georgia 31404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (912) 232-2691
- Derenne Dialysis2.43 miles away5303 Montgomery St Savannah Georgia 31405CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (912) 352-1354
- Dsi Savannah Drayton Dialysis3.53 miles away1020 Drayton Street Savannah Georgia 31401CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (912) 233-6067
- Bayshore Dialysis LLC4.16 miles away540 E Oglethorpe Ave Savannah Georgia 31401Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 236-3053
- Abercorn Dialysis4.86 miles away11706 Mercy Blvd Bldg 9 Savannah Georgia 31419CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (912) 961-6006
- Fmc West Chatham Dialysis Center8.06 miles away113 Minus Avenue Savannah Georgia 31408Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 965-0305
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.8.61 miles away5694a Ogeechee Road Savannah Georgia 31405Dialysis Stations: 19 (912) 232-5554