Countryside Health Center is in Buchanan, Georgia, a city with a total of 6,218 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. This nursing home has a few things working in its favor. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Countryside Health Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 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 - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care score. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the datapoints we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.97959 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It received one of our highest scores in that area with an B+. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this facility was given just a D in that category. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With a grade this poor in this category, we were not shocked to learn that this place was well below average in many staffing areas we focus on. It supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's worst category was nursing, which is the last category we scored. We gave it an F for this category. Even with some acceptable grades in other categories, this grade is still disappointing so we would like to to draw your attention to it. We weighed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses spent with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This number is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Countryside Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Countryside Health Center, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Countryside Health Center, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Countryside Health Center, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Countryside Health Center, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Countryside Health Center, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Countryside Health Center, 4.8% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Countryside Health Center, 94.56% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Countryside Health Center, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Countryside Health Center, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Countryside Health Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Countryside Health Center, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Countryside Health Center, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Higgins General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 6.14 miles away200 Allen Memorial Drive Bremen Georgia 30110Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 812-2000
- Polk Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 14.9 miles away2360 Rockmart Highway Cedartown Georgia 30125Voluntary non-profit - Private(770) 748-2500
- Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaAcute Care Hospitals 15.74 miles away601 Dallas Highway Villa Rica Georgia 30180Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 456-3101
- Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonAcute Care Hospitals 16.95 miles away705 Dixie Street Carrollton Georgia 30117Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 836-9580
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Bremen6.6 miles away108 Redding Drive Bremen Georgia 30110Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 537-0222
- North Carrollton Dialysis13.68 miles away195 Parkwood Cir Carrollton Georgia 30117Dialysis Stations: 12 (770) 832-8959
- Fmcna Villa Rica15.95 miles away130 Prospector Dr Villa Rica Georgia 30180Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 459-7135
- Fresenius Medical Care Carrol County16.92 miles away157 Clinic Avenue Suite 102 Carrollton Georgia 30117CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (770) 832-2202
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.17.53 miles away14 Cherokee Rd Suite A Cedartown Georgia 30125Dialysis Stations: 17 (770) 748-2567