Cartersville Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Cartersville, Georgia. Our scoring scheme was not very kind to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall rating of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Cartersville. The city has just two other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Cartersville Center
- 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
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to note that this nursing home received an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Considering its score in this area, we weren't surprised to learn that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected to find. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed is long-term care, in which this facility was given an F. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 33.333332 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the next area, this nursing home did not fare very well here either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in nursing, this is really as bad as it gets. Our nursing score is largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Unfortunately, this facility also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This facility was at more than twice the national average in this statistic.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cartersville Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cartersville Center, 15.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cartersville Center, 2.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cartersville Center, 2.78% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cartersville Center, 16.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs 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
In Cartersville Center, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cartersville Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cartersville Center, 55.2% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cartersville Center, 17.43% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cartersville Center, 18.61% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Cartersville Center, 0.03 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 well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cartersville Center, 18.61% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cartersville Center, 12.87% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cartersville Center, 86.01% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northside Hospital CherokeeAcute Care Hospitals 18.99 miles away450 Northside Cherokee Boulevard Canton Georgia 30115Voluntary non-profit - Other(770) 244-1000
- Wellstar Paulding HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.15 miles away2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway Hiram Georgia 30141Voluntary non-profit - Other(470) 644-7000
- Wellstar Kennestone HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.69 miles away677 Church Street Marietta Georgia 30060Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 793-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dsi Cartersville Renal Center0.93 miles away419 E. Main Street Cartersville Georgia 30120CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (678) 721-1045
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Bartow County1.29 miles away60 Slopes Drive Cartersville Georgia 30120Dialysis Stations: 21 (770) 334-2200
- Fmcna Cartersville1.31 miles away14 Roving Road Se Cartersville Georgia 30121CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 386-8168
- Fresenius Medical Care Acworth9.97 miles away3372 Acworth Summit Blvd Acworth Georgia 30101CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (770) 529-1141
- Dsi Kennesaw LLC14.44 miles away1925 Vaughn Road Suite 150 Kennesaw Georgia 30144Dialysis Stations: 3 (678) 290-8749
- Dsi Woodstock Renal Center16.32 miles away2001 Professional Parkway Suite 100 Woodstock Georgia 30188Dialysis Stations: 15 (678) 494-1171
- Innovative Home Dialysis of Georgia, LLC16.85 miles away3753 Marietta Highway Suite 100 Canton Georgia 30114Dialysis Stations: 1 (770) 345-4103
- Fmc Northern Georgia Inc17.55 miles away411 Hospital Road Canton Georgia 30114Dialysis Stations: 14 (770) 479-0259