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Hart Care Center

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Hart Care Center's website

261 Fairview Avenue,
Hartwell GA 30643

(706) 376-7121

60.08% estimated occupancy 1

Hart Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Hartwell, Georgia. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some solid marks. This place seems to have some things going for it. The best part of this place's report card was its remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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

Grade: B-plus

We also awarded this facility a favorable score in long-term care. This facility received a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our more favorable scores. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.63637 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing rating. In fact, we gave this facility an impressive grade of D. When computing a facility's nursing score, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's worst category is short-term care, which is the final category we assessed. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of just D. Our short-term care scores are important for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.5 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Hart Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Hart Care Center, 10.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Hart Care Center, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Hart Care Center, 3.23% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Hart Care Center, 18.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Hart Care Center, 21.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Hart Care Center, 5.43% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Hart Care Center, 93.26% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Hart Care Center, 17.3% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Hart Care Center, 23.05% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Hart Care Center, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Hart Care Center, 23.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Hart Care Center, 11.54 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Hart Care Center, 69.88% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 13.41 miles away367 Clear Creek Parkway Lavonia Georgia 30553Voluntary non-profit - Private(706) 356-7800
  • Elbert Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.59 miles away4 Medical Drive Elberton Georgia 30635Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 213-2535
  • Anmed HealthAcute Care Hospitals 19.22 miles away800 N Fant St Anderson South Carolina 29621Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 512-2830

Nearby Dialysis

  • Lake Hartwell Dialysis0.75 miles away1065 E. Franklin Street Hartwell Georgia 30643Dialysis Stations: 8 (706) 376-3285
  • Lake Hartwell Kidney Center1.06 miles away98 Arthur Street Hartwell Georgia 30643Dialysis Stations: 13 (706) 376-9600
  • Us Renal Care,Inc12.48 miles away611 Cook Street Royston Georgia 30662CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (706) 245-0817
  • Elberton Dialysis Facility Inc16.91 miles away894 Elbert Street Elberton Georgia 30635Dialysis Stations: 18 (706) 283-9833
  • Fmc Anderson Dialysis Clinic19.21 miles away416 E Calhoun Street Ste A Anderson South Carolina 29621CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 48 (864) 224-1678

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=115449