Early Memorial Nursing Facility is the lone facility located in Blakely, Georgia. This is a fine facility. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very 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.
Early Memorial Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a dangerous health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in inspections, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. We gave it an A- for that area. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Our nursing rating consists of a handful of factors, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. Although this proved to be its lowest category score, this is nevertheless not the end of the world. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Early Memorial Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 5.28% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 93.36% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 16.65% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 20.73% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 1.6 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Early Memorial Nursing Facility, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
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