Bonterra Transitional Care & Rehabilitation
2801 Felton Drive, Atlanta GA 30344 · (404) 767-7591 · 90.67% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Bonterra Transitional Care & Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Atlanta, Georgia. We gave this nursing home a C overall, which is not a bad score. This is comparable with the city grade in Atlanta, which is a B-. Based on our ratings, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this place's profile was its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 118 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. 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 an impressive long-term care score. In fact, we gave them a grade of B+ in that area, which happens to be one of our better. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 86.28429 percent of its residents. This is somewhat lower than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable figure. The last datapoint we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.06 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was close to the national average since it had more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility received an F for its short-term care grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. With a score this poor for this area, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in many staffing metrics we looked at. In fact, it supplied far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 40.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we assessed is nursing. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is an abysmal grade. This is obviously a major disappointment. We assessed the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our rating in this area. This particular nursing home offered a meager 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is well below average. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percent of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were very disappointed. This nursing home was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this measure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bonterra Transitional Care & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better