Douglasville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
4028 Hwy 5, Douglasville GA 30135 · (770) 942-7111 · 88.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Douglasville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a very-large facility located in Douglasville, Georgia. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a middle of the road facility. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 246 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this facility outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best grades in that category with an A. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a strong long-term care grade. As a matter of fact, we awarded them a grade of B in that area, which is one of our better. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 96.55612 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. This place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.99 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes since it had more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The next best category we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Short-term care grades are generally used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To have highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. This place fared well in this area with 59.8 percent of its patients returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed is nursing. We awarded it a C in this category. This is a decent grade in this category. Our nursing grade analyzes several subcategories, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this subcategory. Avoiding major falls is often a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be prevented if a facility provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Douglasville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better