Florence Hand Home

Located in Lagrange, Georgia, Florence Hand Home is one of only three facilities in the area. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all facilities in the nation. In addition, this facility is based in a hospital, which can often mean the nursing home offers more extensive medical services. As you can see below, this place performed just as well in our category grades. We give this place two thumbs up!

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

On the list of its many elite scores, this nursing home was awarded an excellent short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in this category. Short-term care ratings are vital for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. It fared better than most facilities in this area with 55.6 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. There are a number of subcategories included in this category. Most of the subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is better than the level of care offered by most facilities. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its patients suffering falls which lead to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in the nation. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The last category we looked at is long-term care, where this facility was given an A-. This topped off a very impressive profile. Few facilities received an A- or better in every single category. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.148674 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.26 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.