Green Acres Health and Rehabilitation
313 Allen Memorial Drive,Sw, Milledgeville GA 31061 · (478) 453-9437 · 81.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Green Acres Health and Rehabilitation is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Milledgeville, Georgia. This nursing home was given an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. Milledgeville received a city grade of B-, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 98 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We just couldn't find anything positive to say about this facility. It received a D in long-term care. Nursing homes that don't score well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 92.28296 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a few points lower than we anticipated but still a respectable figure. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.31 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of short-term care, this facility received a grade of just D in that category. Sadly, this ended up being one of its better features. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is typically a meaningful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. As you might expect, we discovered that this facility provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this facility's short-term care score.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its inspection score. An F in this area is very concerning because it usually points to red flags on the nursing home's government inspections. For places with bad inspection ratings, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This particular nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place was assessed significant government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This usually indicates that a nursing home's bad performance has been an issue for several years.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated is nursing. It received an F for this category, which is a rock bottom score. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. In addition to being below average in nursing hours per resident, this facility also had poor scores in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at about 150 percent of the national average in both of these statistics. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These statistics pulled down this facility's nursing grade quite a bit.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Green Acres Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
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 care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better