Fairburn Health Care Center
178 West Campbellton Street, Fairburn GA 30213 · (770) 964-1320 · 74.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Fairburn Health Care Center is one of just two available facilities located in Fairburn, Georgia. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. Based on our assessment, this place is not a fit for any prospective resident. In spite of all this, this nursing home did just fine in our inspections category, which you can read more about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it actually received an impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility wound up receiving a rock-bottom score in our long-term care area. It received a lowly F in this area. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to just 27.377522 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.53 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Another issue is the F this nursing home received in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are important for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. With a score this poor in this area, we were not shocked to discover this nursing home was well below average in several staffing areas we focus on. It provided significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 44.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility did not perform very well in this area either. Due to a poor grade of F in nursing, this is just about as bad as it gets. Nursing grades are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided a meager 2.8 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is quite a bit below the national average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fairburn Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This 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 is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better