Eastman Healthcare & Rehab

Eastman Healthcare & Rehab is an average-sized facility located in Eastman, Georgia. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to avoid of this place. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

Although this place's overall score was as bad as it gets, it performed pretty well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. This nursing home also had terrible scores in several of the quality-based measures to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than double the national average in this datapoint.

Another unfortunate development was the F this facility received in the category of short-term care. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. With a score of this caliber for this area, we weren't surprised to learn this nursing home was below average in two of the key staffing metrics we looked at. In fact, it provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 27.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

The next category we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home received a poor grade of F in this category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.54651 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.38 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.