Emanuel County Nursing Home
117 Kite Road, Swainsboro GA 30401 · (478) 289-1334 · 88.36% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Emanuel County Nursing Home is a small hospital-based nursing home located in Swainsboro, Georgia. It looks like this nursing home is among the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate scores across the board. We simply can't say enough great things about this nursing home. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its nursing rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 49 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Nursing grades are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This particular facility provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was among the higher figures we found. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed as well as any facility the nation in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the rare nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care. Contributing to its elite profile, this nursing home also excelled in this category. In fact, we gave it a of A in the category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of offering very favorable levels of nurse staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a C. This actually ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. This is still not a terrible score. Short-term care grades are important for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 21.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Emanuel County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients which had a fall resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients that have experienced a urinary tract infection. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better