Etowah Landing is one of just a few available facilities in Rome, Georgia. Featuring an overall grade of C, this appears to be a middle of the pack facility. In our view, this facility ought to be a good fit for quite a few people. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Etowah Landing
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next highest area we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are more important for those in need of more traditional services related to activities of daily living. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinates 98.93617 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable category is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a C. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing. It received a lowly F for this area, which is a poor grade. This is certainly a major disappointment. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This facility offered a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is quite a bit below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Etowah Landing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Etowah Landing, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Etowah Landing, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who had a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Etowah Landing, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Etowah Landing, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Etowah Landing, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Etowah Landing, 4.8% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Etowah Landing, 94.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Etowah Landing, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Etowah Landing, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Etowah Landing, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Etowah Landing, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Etowah Landing, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Etowah Landing, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Floyd Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away304 Turner Mccall Blvd P O Box 233 Rome Georgia 30162Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 509-6900
- Redmond Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.66 miles away501 Redmond Road Rome Georgia 30165Proprietary(706) 802-3012
- Polk Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.61 miles away2360 Rockmart Highway Cedartown Georgia 30125Voluntary non-profit - Private(770) 748-2500
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.1.59 miles away315 W. 10th Street, Ne Suite 105 Rome Georgia 30165Dialysis Stations: 15 (706) 314-9170
- Rome Dialysis2.46 miles away15 John Maddox Drive Rome Georgia 30165CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (706) 291-2656
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc4.05 miles away172 Three Rivers Drive Ne Rome Georgia 30161CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (706) 233-9718
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc.13.51 miles away14 Cherokee Rd Suite A Cedartown Georgia 30125Dialysis Stations: 17 (770) 748-2567
- Biomedical Applications of Georgia, Inc17.32 miles away12541 Highway 27 Summerville Georgia 30747Dialysis Stations: 17 (706) 857-4050