Berrien Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home in Nashville, Georgia. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. You can definitely do much worse than this facility. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Berrien Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall rating, this facility received an A+ inspection rating. This grade is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to this facility's list of strengths, it also was awarded a top-shelf long-term care grade. We gave them a strong strong of A in this category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.3007 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B- in this area. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for people needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
Nurse Quality
This facility's worst area is nursing, which is the last category we looked at. For this area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of just D. We wanted to point out this potential area of weakness, but you should not dwell on a single bad area either. When determining our nursing scores, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Berrien Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Berrien Nursing Center, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Berrien Nursing Center, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents which experienced falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Berrien Nursing Center, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Berrien Nursing Center, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Berrien Nursing Center, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Berrien Nursing Center, 4.8% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Berrien Nursing Center, 94.56% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Berrien Nursing Center, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Berrien Nursing Center, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Berrien Nursing Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Berrien Nursing Center, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Berrien Nursing Center, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Berrien Nursing Center, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sgmc Berrien CampusAcute Care Hospitals 0.1 miles away1221 E Mcpherson Avenue Nashville Georgia 31639Government - Hospital District or Authority(229) 543-7100
- Southwell Medical, a Campus of TrmcAcute Care Hospitals 13.02 miles away260 Mj Taylor Road Adel Georgia 31620Proprietary(229) 896-8077
- Sgmc Lanier CampusCritical Access Hospitals 14.07 miles away116 West Thigpen Avenue Lakeland Georgia 31635Government - Hospital District or Authority(229) 482-8402
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care Adel Dialysis12.09 miles away701 North Hutchinson Ave Adel Georgia 31620CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (229) 896-4529