Fort Valley Health and Rehab
604 Bluebird Boulevard, Fort Valley GA 31030 · (478) 825-2031 · 82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Fort Valley Health and Rehab is one of only two available facilities located in Fort Valley, Georgia. With an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel nursing home. This facility doesn't seem to have much going for it. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a list of severe deficiencies flagged. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Nursing ratings are largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its low nursing hour totals. For starters, we looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than twice the national average in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we gave this nursing home an F in the category of long-term care. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility provided the vaccine to a relatively low 71.875 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.3 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last area, this facility really did not fare very well in this category either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in short-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. With its abysmal grade in this area, we were not surprised to learn that this facility offered substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 27.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fort Valley Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better