Gracewood Nsg Facility(Unit 9)
100 Myrtle Blvd., East Central Reg Hosp, Gracewood GA 30812 · (706) 790-2097 · 44.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Gracewood Nsg Facility(Unit 9) is the sole option we found in Gracewood, Georgia. This facility is ranked among the most impressive facilities we found. It received one of the best ratings that we offer. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in Georgia. Headlining this place's stellar report card is its long-term care score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 56 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this nursing home excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an A+ in this category. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination record was top notch as well. In fact, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.7 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to an already impressive profile, this facility also received virtually flawless health inspections in recent years. As a result, we awarded it an A+ inspection grade. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular facility provided 7.1 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which was among the more impressive totals we found. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it fared as well as any facility the country in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home received a better than average short-term care grade in our assessment, with a grade of B-. Although this is not quite as good as many of its other grades, this is nevertheless a respectable grade in this area. In crafting our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gracewood Nsg Facility(Unit 9) Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better