Gordon Health and Rehabilitation is a senior living facility located in Calhoun, Georgia. This city has a population of 40,053 people. With an A- overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This is really as good of a place as you're going to find. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Gordon Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score. This score is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally 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.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a first-rate long-term care score. In fact, this ended up being this facility's second most impressive category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.43977 percent of its patients. This is a great way to minimize negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our third category, this facility also received a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. We were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored is nursing, where this facility was awarded a grade of B-. While this ended up being its least impressive category grade, this is nevertheless not the end of the world. Our nursing score weighs many factors, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Although this facility didn't really impress in terms of the quantity of nursing care provided, it surprisingly performed admirably in some of our quality measures. In fact, it was above average in two of the subcategories we assess, with good scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gordon Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 5.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 1.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 6.94% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 15.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 22.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients that were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 98.33% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 12.06% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Many believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 18.68% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 18.68% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 21.12% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gordon Health and Rehabilitation, 79.76% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth GordonAcute Care Hospitals 1.76 miles away1035 Red Bud Road Calhoun Georgia 30701Voluntary non-profit - Church(706) 629-2895
- Hamilton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.74 miles away1200 Memorial Drive Dalton Georgia 30720Voluntary non-profit - Private(706) 272-6105
- Adventhealth MurrayAcute Care Hospitals 19.43 miles away707 Old Dalton Ellijay Road, PO Box 1406 Chatsworth Georgia 30705Voluntary non-profit - Private(706) 517-2031
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care,Inc2.22 miles away105 Professional Place Calhoun Georgia 30701Dialysis Stations: 15 (706) 624-4497
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc3.23 miles away857 Curtis Pkwy Se Calhoun Georgia 30701Dialysis Stations: 12 (706) 602-3865
- Us Renal Care Dalton Dialysis18.03 miles away1009 Professional Blvd Dalton Georgia 30720CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (706) 278-1070
- Us Renal Care Murray County Dialysis19.45 miles away108 Hospital Drive Chatsworth Georgia 30705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (706) 517-4818