Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross is a very-large non-profit facility in Waycross, Georgia. This facility appears to be ranked among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A score in this range requires very strong scores across the board. This grade is better than the city grade of B+ in Waycross, which is also an impressive grade. If you scroll down, you will see this place's category grades, which are also quite good.
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Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a very strong long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being this facility's second strongest category score. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a deadly health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. We weighed the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. This actually was this facility's worst area. A facility is doing something right when their poorest score still is better than most other nursing homes. Our short-term care grade is often employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term care patients that had UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 4.8% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 94.56% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Baptist Village - The Villas at Waycross, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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