Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center is on a list of 22 options in Atlanta, Georgia. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A score in this range requires some respectable scores. Based on our assessment, there are certainly much worse places out there. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center
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- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent government inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned a grade of B. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our nursing rating is mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its next best category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is a decent grade. Short-term care ratings are crucial for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 3.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is long-term care. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is clearly a significant concern. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 97.549774 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.94% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 12.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 19.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.82% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 98.47% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.06% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.67% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.67% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.48% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center, 75.31% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Atlanta, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Dialysis
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- Pure Life Renal of Perimeter1.17 miles away6160 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Suite a-110 Atlanta Georgia 30328Dialysis Stations: 17 (954) 962-5733
- Emory Dialysis, LLC1.24 miles away5673 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Suite 501 Atlanta Georgia 30342Dialysis Stations: 1 (404) 778-8075
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