Georgia Regional Atlanta Ltc

One of the many reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is that it received an impressive grade in inspections. Inspections turned out to be its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. 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.

This facility also received a very strong long-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this nursing home's second strongest category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In our final area, we gave this facility a grade of A for its short-term care score. This completed a very favorable profile. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.