Life Care Center of Gwinnett is a large nursing home located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this looks like a respectable nursing home. This facility has a few things working in its favor. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's report card is its stellar inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Life Care Center of Gwinnett
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest scores in that category with an A+. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category grades came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually performed better than most nursing homes in this category. Short-term care scores are crucial for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. Nursing grades are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This facility averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is not an impressive total. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's worst area is long-term care, which is the final category we assessed. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a D. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 93.04029 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Gwinnett Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 7.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 4.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 1.51% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that have experienced a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 12.69% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 18.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 2.12% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 90.09% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 8.65% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 11.87% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 11.87% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 5.69% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 84.19% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Lawrenceville, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Lawrenceville, Georgia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Eastside Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.79 miles away1700 Medical Way Snellville Georgia 30078Proprietary(770) 736-2498
- Northside Hospital GwinnettAcute Care Hospitals 7.12 miles away1000 Medical Center Boulevard Lawrenceville Georgia 30045Government - Hospital District or Authority(678) 312-1000
- Peachford Behavioral Health System of AtlantaPsychiatric 11.51 miles away2151 Peachford Road Atlanta Georgia 30338Proprietary(770) 455-3200
- Emory Johns Creek HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.57 miles away6325 Hospital Parkway Duluth Georgia 30097Proprietary(678) 474-7000
- Emory Decatur HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.76 miles away2701 N Decatur Road Decatur Georgia 30033Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 501-1000
- Emory Hillandale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.4 miles away2801 Dekalb Medical Parkway Lithonia Georgia 30058Government - Hospital District or Authority(404) 501-8040
- Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAcute Care Hospitals 14.43 miles away5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta Georgia 30342Voluntary non-profit - Private(678) 843-5720
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish RiteChildrens 14.57 miles away1001 Johnson Ferry Road Atlanta Georgia 30342Voluntary non-profit - Other(404) 785-5252
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Lilburn Dialysis2.42 miles away4805 Lawrenceville Highway Nw Ste 320b Lilburn Georgia 30047Dialysis Stations: 17 (770) 381-7544
- Fms Lawrenceville3.82 miles away1115 Herrington Road Lawrenceville Georgia 30044CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (770) 962-3546
- Bio-Medical Applications of Georgia, Inc4.28 miles away4455 Stone Mountain Hwy Lilburn Georgia 30047Dialysis Stations: 21 (678) 344-1586
- Fmc of Snellville Inc4.43 miles away2096 Mcgee Road Snellville Georgia 30078Dialysis Stations: 11 (770) 985-6656
- Nephron Corporation4.68 miles away6060 Singleton Road Suite A Norcross Georgia 30093Dialysis Stations: 14 (770) 771-0200
- Nephron Corporation4.89 miles away605 Old Norcross Road Lawrenceville Georgia 30045Dialysis Stations: 21 (770) 513-0927
- Nephron Corporation5.44 miles away2290 Oak Road Snellville Georgia 30078Dialysis Stations: 15 (678) 879-1231
- Davita Snellville Dialysis5.98 miles away2135 Main Street East Suite 130 Snellville Georgia 30078CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 979-3117