Gold City Health and Rehab

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222 Moore Drive, Dahlonega GA 30533 · (706) 864-3045 · 94.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata

With an address in Dahlonega, Georgia, Gold City Health and Rehab is one of a mere two available nursing homes in this area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some decent marks. Based on the data we reviewed, there are certainly far worse places out there. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its stellar inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

Additional Details:

Accepts Medicare 1 : TrueA checkmark indicating true.

Accepts Medicaid 1 : 102 Beds TrueA checkmark indicating true.

CCRC : FalseUsed to indicate false.

For profit - Corporation

Resident Council: TrueA checkmark indicating true.

Family Council: FalseUsed to indicate false.

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)

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Medical Staff
Therapy Staff

Facility Inspections

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Historical

To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. This grade is far better than the facility's overall score. Inspection scores are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

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Historical

This facility also received a positive grade in our short-term care category. We gave this facility a better than average grade of B in this category. Short-term care scores are vital for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be a real strength for this nursing home. This place outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 76.9 percent of its patients returning home.

Long-term Care Quality

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This nursing home ended up receiving a an abysmal grade in our long-term care category. It received an F in this category. For residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.25 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Nurse Quality

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Switching gears to our next area, this nursing home didn't perform well. With an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this was its weakest area. Our nursing score is largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 2.8 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Unfortunately, this facility also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This nursing home was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric.

Overall Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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Provider:
C
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B-
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Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating

Gold City Health and Rehab Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Provider
C
10.7%
State
B-
9.51%
National
B
7.33%

Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better

Minimizes Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.

Provider
A
1.39%
State
B
3.07%
National
B
3.36%

Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Provider
D
6.5%
State
B-
3.4%
National
B
2.65%

Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Provider
D
20.78%
State
B-
17.91%
National
B
14.18%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Provider
D
33.91%
State
B
21.93%
National
B
19.67%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Managing Depression Among Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Provider
D
11.53%
State
B
4.55%
National
B+
5.09%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Provider
B
97.92%
State
B
93.61%
National
B
92.04%

Percent of Patients
Higher is Better

Residents Maintain Autonomy

This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Provider
D
23.27%
State
B
16.25%
National
B
14.47%

Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.

Provider
B
16.08%
State
B
18.41%
National
B
17.09%

Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better

Hospitalizations

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Provider
A-
1.26
State
B
1.79
National
B
1.70

Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Provider
B
16.08
State
B
18.41
National
B
17.09

Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: ER Visits

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Provider
B
10.06
State
B
10.69
National
B
10.26

Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.

Provider
B
69.99%
State
B-
64.62%
National
B
68.04%

Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better

Nearby Hospitals

Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc 18.83 mi
743 Spring Street Gainesville Georgia 30501
(770) 535-3553
Acute Care Hospitals
Government - Local

Nearby Dialysis

Fresenius Medical Care Lake Lanier 15.83 mi
Dialysis Stations: 10
2565 Thompson Bridge Road Gainesville Georgia 30501
(678) 450-0364
Fresenius Medical Care Gainesville 16.68 mi
CMS Rating: 2 stars
Dialysis Stations: 25
1856 Thompson Bridge Road Suite 101 Gainesville Georgia 30501
(770) 534-6999
Gainesville Dialysis 17.72 mi
Dialysis Stations: 15
2545 Flintridge Road Ste 130 Gainesville Georgia 30501
(770) 536-7194
Jesse Jewell Dialysis 18.82 mi
Dialysis Stations: 13
1475 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Ne Suite 110 Gainesville Georgia 30501
(770) 538-7598
Northeast Georgia Home Training 18.9 mi
Dialysis Stations: 1
1485 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Ne Gainesville Georgia 30501
(770) 297-0547
Fresenius Medical Care Hall County 18.91 mi
CMS Rating: 4 stars
Dialysis Stations: 15
1492 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Se Gainesville Georgia 30501
(678) 989-0231

Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=115689
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