Laurel Park at Henry Med Center
1050 Hospital Drive, Stockbridge GA 30281 · (770) 507-3840 · 90.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Laurel Park at Henry Med Center is an average-sized facility located in Stockbridge, Georgia. With an overall grade of D, this is a lower end facility. This is not the worse facility we found, however, we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 89 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our short-term care rating. This grade is more impressive than its overall grade. In fact, without this grade, its profile would have been in serious trouble. Our short-term care ratings are vital for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a substantially greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Georgia in this area with 57.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
We actually gave this nursing home a very solid score in the area of inspections as well. In fact, we awarded it a B- in this category. Inspection grades are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Our nursing score focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing rating also includes applicable quality-based measures. While this place excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it lagged a bit in some of the datapoints that focused on quality. This place's nursing score was hurt by poor performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. We found that 13.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were suffering from pressure ulcers. Since many pressure ulcers could be avoided with sufficient nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing score when we find this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is long-term care, ended up being this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.22642 percent of its residents, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.77 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home did not fare quite as well.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Laurel Park at Henry Med Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better