Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation is a senior living facility located in Hartwell, Georgia, which has a total of 16,382 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B, which is favorable score. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home 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+. Inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of accomplishments, it also was awarded a high-end long-term care grade. We awarded them an elite strong of A in this area. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. Our nursing rating assesses many datapoints, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below the national average. Lastly, although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is short-term care, was this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that category. This really was one of just a couple of weak points of a very solid profile. In crafting our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that sustained a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 5.28% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 93.36% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 16.65% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 20.73% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 1.6 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 11.5 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation, 69.89% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 12.5 miles away367 Clear Creek Parkway Lavonia Georgia 30553Voluntary non-profit - Private(706) 356-7800
- Elbert Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.5 miles away4 Medical Drive Elberton Georgia 30635Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 213-2535
Nearby Dialysis
- Lake Hartwell Kidney Center0.18 miles away98 Arthur Street Hartwell Georgia 30643Dialysis Stations: 13 (706) 376-9600
- Lake Hartwell Dialysis0.66 miles away1065 E. Franklin Street Hartwell Georgia 30643Dialysis Stations: 8 (706) 376-3285
- Us Renal Care,Inc11.26 miles away611 Cook Street Royston Georgia 30662CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (706) 245-0817
- Elberton Dialysis Facility Inc16.87 miles away894 Elbert Street Elberton Georgia 30635Dialysis Stations: 18 (706) 283-9833