Gold City Health and Rehab is the lone nursing home we identified in Dahlonega, Georgia. We gave this nursing home an overall rating of F. As far as we can see, you would be better off to avoid of this nursing home. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this place received a decent grade in our long-term care category. We provide more information about this category below.
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Gold City Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
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Long-term Care Quality
Even though this facility's overall grade was terrible, it didn't perform quite as poorly in long-term care. In fact, we gave it a C for that category, which isn't bad. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to spare its otherwise weak profile. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 95.36424 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, it received a grade of just D for its inspection grade, which was unfortunately its second best category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. We suggest you scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, we want to point out that this facility was assessed large government fines in recent years of more than $50,000. This often means that inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad health inspections.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. When determining a facility's nursing score, we assess the amount of time nurses are with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade in this category as well. Unfortunately, we gave it an F for this category, which is definitely somewhat alarming. Short-term care grades are crucial for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Based on its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the data we looked at. Finally, we considered the number 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 4.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gold City Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 4.8% of Patients
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 94.56% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gold City Health and Rehab, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.83 miles away743 Spring Street Gainesville Georgia 30501Government - Local(770) 535-3553
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Lake Lanier15.83 miles away2565 Thompson Bridge Road Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 10 (678) 450-0364
- Fresenius Medical Care Gainesville16.68 miles away1856 Thompson Bridge Road Suite 101 Gainesville Georgia 30501CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (770) 534-6999
- Gainesville Dialysis17.72 miles away2545 Flintridge Road Ste 130 Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 15 (770) 536-7194
- Jesse Jewell Dialysis18.82 miles away1475 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Ne Suite 110 Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 538-7598
- Northeast Georgia Home Training18.9 miles away1485 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Ne Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 1 (770) 297-0547
- Fresenius Medical Care Hall County18.91 miles away1492 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Se Gainesville Georgia 30501CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (678) 989-0231