Madison Health and Rehab
2036 South Main Street, Madison GA 30650 · (706) 342-3200 · 96.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Madison Health and Rehab is a small facility located in Madison, Georgia. This is a lower end nursing home, with an overall grade of D. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Madison. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 70 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it an A+ for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent grade in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Long-term care scores are based on a facility's amount of nursing care. This includes a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to patients and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home was above average in two of the datapoints we considered, with good marks for avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These metrics are typically reliable measures of the quality of nursing care available.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was short-term care, where this facility was given a poor grade in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is obviously a major disappointment. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 34.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Madison Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different 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 who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better