Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross is a very-large non-profit facility in Waycross, Georgia. It looks like this is a quality nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable score. This actually proved to be the best facility in Waycross. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a nursing home. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a score of A for our long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a respectable grade in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a meaningful measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. It doesn't look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we assessed is nursing, in which this facility received a grade of B-. This actually is this facility's weakest area. This is still a middle of the pack score. Nursing scores are largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, while this nursing home did not rank well in terms of nursing hours per resident, it fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 6.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 4.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 4.11% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 20.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 23.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 8.05% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 16.67% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 19.5% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Many believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 19.5% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 10.95% of Patients
This indicates 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 Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 70.75% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Memorial Satilla HealthAcute Care Hospitals 3.98 miles away1900 Tebeau Street Waycross Georgia 31501Voluntary non-profit - Private(912) 287-2500
Nearby Dialysis
- Satilla River Dialysis3.33 miles away308 Carswell Ave Waycross Georgia 31501Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 285-1663
- Dialysis Facilities Inc Waycross3.89 miles away220 Uvalda St Waycross Georgia 31501CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (912) 285-2487