Meadowbrook Health and Rehab

Meadowbrook Health and Rehab is a large nursing home located in Tucker, Georgia. This nursing home is a subpar facility. A score in this range indicates we found a few red flags. This place seems to have very little going for it. The only positive thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

While we were not very complementary of this facility's overall grade, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with too many severe deficiencies flagged. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This facilities next most favorable area is long-term care. We gave it a C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this area. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.98374 percent of its patients. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Although it had 2.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not too bad.

This facility's third highest area turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. It was above average in this metric with 52.9 percent of its patients returning home.

This facility's weakest category is nursing, which is the last area we looked at. In this area, we gave this nursing home a D. We looked at the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This place averaged only 2.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home was above average in two of the data points we focus on, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.