Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
4608 Lawrenceville Highway,
Tucker GA 30084
72.77% estimated occupancy 1
Meadowbrook Health and Rehab is a large facility located in Tucker, Georgia. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Tucker. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Although we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it earned a better long-term care grade this year. We gave it a C in that area. Long-term care grades assess a facility's personal care rather than the highly skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.4 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an D. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the number of hours nurses commit to residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This place averaged only 2.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these metrics to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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This facility's second least favorable score was short-term care, where it earned just a D in that category. This is a well below average grade. Short-term care scores are important for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its weak score in this category, we were not shocked to find that this nursing home offered far fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 41.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. This statistic was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
The last category we looked at was inspections. Unfortunately, this facility didn't receive favorable government inspections in recent years. Consequently, we had to give it an F in this category. For facilities with poor inspection scores, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 9 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 10.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 18.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 5.36% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 93.3% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 17.29% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a patient's health.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 23.16% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 1.5 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 23.16 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 11.64 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
In Meadowbrook Health and Rehab, 69.86% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
