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. The best part of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Life Care Center of Gwinnett
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No 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
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
We also awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. Our nursing rating analyzes several datapoints, but the main one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. We gave this nursing home a C in that area. Long-term care grades assess a nursing home's personal care rather than the highly skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 98.71245 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 5.28% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 93.36% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 16.65% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 20.73% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 1.6 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 11.5 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Gwinnett, 69.89% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Lawrenceville, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Lawrenceville, Georgia has 4 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