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Camellia Gardens of Life Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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804 South Broad Street Box 1959,
Thomasville GA 31792

(229) 226-0076

84.69% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Thomasville, Georgia, Camellia Gardens of Life Care is one of four facilities there. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. In our view, this place is a wonderful choice for most people. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph

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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
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Georgia badge

Top Nursing Home in Georgia Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this critical area. Inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its high-end resume, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 97.391304 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning the page to our third area, this facility was given an excellent short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next area we scored was nursing. This facility was awarded a favorable nursing score this year, with a grade of B-. Even though this is not quite as good as several of its other grades, this is nevertheless a respectable score in that category. Our nursing rating is based on numerous factors. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is far below average. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in some quality-focused statistics. We especially like to look at the percent of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Camellia Gardens of Life Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 20.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint could be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 15.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 2.34% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 96.5% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 12.37% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 19.21% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 19.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 12.82% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Camellia Gardens of Life Care, 73.25% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Thomasville, GA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

Looking for more options? Thomasville, Georgia has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Grady General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.7 miles away1155 5th Street, Se Cairo Georgia 39828Voluntary non-profit - Private(229) 377-0251

Nearby Dialysis

  • Archbold Home Dialysis0.09 miles away708 South Broad Street Thomasville Georgia 31792Dialysis Stations: 4 (229) 226-4541
  • Total Renal Care, Inc.0.09 miles away708 S. Broad Street Thomasville Georgia 31792Dialysis Stations: 4 (229) 226-4541
  • Rcg Thomasville0.73 miles away300 W Jackson Street Thomasville Georgia 31792Dialysis Stations: 16 (229) 228-6600
  • Davita Red Hills Dialysis1.94 miles away201 Old Albany Rd Thomasville Georgia 31792Dialysis Stations: 41 (229) 226-5931
  • Davita Cairo Dialysis13.59 miles away1182 5th St. Se Cairo Georgia 39828Dialysis Stations: 13 (229) 377-0852