Eastman Healthcare & Rehab is an average-sized nursing home in Eastman, Georgia. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor facility. A grade in this range suggests we found a few red flags. Based on our assessment, this place may not be a great fit for most people. This place's only redeeming feature is its inspection score, which you can find more information on below.
Eastman Healthcare & Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with too many severe deficiencies flagged. This facility was assessed 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's second highest score was long-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this area, it still performed somewhat badly. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we assessed the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our short-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. Our short-term care grade is often employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home offers significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical nursing home. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics doomed this facility's short-term care score.
Nurse Quality
The last area we rated is nursing. It received an abysmal F for this category, which is an abysmal score. Our nursing rating consists of a handful of subcategories, however, the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eastman Healthcare & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who have had UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 5.28% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 93.36% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 16.65% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 20.73% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 1.6 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Eastman Healthcare & Rehab, 11.5 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Dodge County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.1 miles away901 Griffin Ave Eastman Georgia 31023Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 448-4067
- Bleckley Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.03 miles away145 Peacock Street Cochran Georgia 31014Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 934-6211
- Taylor Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.74 miles away222 Perry Hwy Hawkinsville Georgia 31036Voluntary non-profit - Private(478) 783-0200
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.2.21 miles away1078 Plaza Ave Eastman Georgia 31023Dialysis Stations: 20 (478) 374-4777
- Us Renal Care Hawkinsville18.64 miles away292 Industrial Bld Ste 100 Hawkinsville Georgia 31036CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (478) 892-8008