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Early Memorial Nursing Facility

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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11740 Columbia Street,
Blakely GA 39823

(229) 723-3794

73.07% estimated occupancy 1

Early Memorial Nursing Facility is the lone facility located in Blakely, Georgia. This is a fine facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable score. We also want to point out that this nursing home is based in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive medical services are offered. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its favorable overall grade, we gave this place an A for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Contributing to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received a top-shelf long-term care grade. We awarded them a dominant grade of A- in this area. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 96.306816 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the road score in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The last area we looked at was nursing. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. Nursing ratings are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Early Memorial Nursing Facility Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 13.55% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 2.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 2.31% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 9.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 16.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 97% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 17.22% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 11.59% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 11.59% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lifebrite Community Hospital of EarlyCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away11740 Columbia Street Blakely Georgia 39823Voluntary non-profit - Private(229) 723-4241
  • Miller County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.35 miles away209 N Cuthbert Street Colquitt Georgia 39837Government - Hospital District or Authority(229) 758-4231

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc. - Blakely0.59 miles away11135 Columbia Street Blakely Georgia 39823CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (229) 723-5054