Harborview Health Systems of Satilla

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Harborview Health Systems of Satilla's website

1600 Riverside Ave,
Waycross GA 31501

(912) 283-1182

90.57% estimated occupancy ¹

Harborview Health Systems of Satilla is a large facility located in Waycross, Georgia. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. At the end of the day, this place looks like a good fit for quite a few people. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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

We also awarded this facility a grade of A for our long-term care grade. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.80657 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility received an impressive short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that area with a score of B. In determining these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The last category we looked at was nursing, which turned out to be this facility's worst area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this category. However, we would not assess this nursing home solely on a single bad category, since it earned a few high-end grades in other areas. Our nursing score is based on many subcategories, but the main one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This number is far below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Harborview Health Systems of Satilla Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 5.28% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 93.36% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 16.65% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 20.73% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 1.6 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 11.5 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Harborview Health Systems of Satilla, 69.89% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Memorial Satilla HealthAcute Care Hospitals 0.55 miles away1900 Tebeau Street Waycross Georgia 31501Voluntary non-profit - Private(912) 287-2500

Nearby Dialysis

Dialysis Facilities Inc Waycross0.79 miles away220 Uvalda St Waycross Georgia 31501CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (912) 285-2487
Satilla River Dialysis1.43 miles away308 Carswell Ave Waycross Georgia 31501Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 285-1663