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Northridge Health and Rehabilitation

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Northridge Health and Rehabilitation's website

100 Medical Center Drive,
Commerce GA 30529

(706) 335-1330

58.2% estimated occupancy 1

Northridge Health and Rehabilitation is a large non-profit nursing home located in Commerce, Georgia. This is a subpar nursing home, with an overall grade of D. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Commerce. The city has just one other nursing home. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Other
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Although we weren't high on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our long-term care rating. This score is much more impressive than this nursing home's overall score, which would have been even worse without this grade. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This score is a more impressive than the facility's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next area we looked at was short-term care, in which this facility was given an F. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Based on its weak grade in this category, we were not surprised to learn this facility provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Turning to our fourth category, this facility didn't fare very well here either. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in nursing, this is about as terrible as it gets. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This number is well below the national average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics hurt this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Northridge Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 5.99% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 3.47% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 19.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 31.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 0.27% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 99.76% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 16.5% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 20.74% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 20.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 13.89% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Northridge Health and Rehabilitation, 57.91% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Northridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.03 miles away70 Medical Center Drive Commerce Georgia 30529Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 335-1100
  • Habersham County Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 12.94 miles away541 Historic Highway 441-North Demorest Georgia 30535Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 754-2161
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.1 miles away1199 Prince Avenue Athens Georgia 30606Voluntary non-profit - Other(706) 475-7000
  • St Mary's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.14 miles away1230 Baxter Street Athens Georgia 30606Voluntary non-profit - Private(706) 389-3930

Nearby Dialysis

  • Commerce Kidney Center1.22 miles away592 Ridge Way Rd Ste A. Commerce Georgia 30529Dialysis Stations: 13 (706) 335-6665
  • Fresenius Medical Care Clarke County15.71 miles away5105 Jefferson Rd Suite B Athens Georgia 30607CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (706) 549-6885
  • Classic City Dialysis17.65 miles away1686 Prince Ave Athens Georgia 30606Dialysis Stations: 20 (706) 850-7400
  • Athens Kidney Center17.99 miles away1440 North Chase Street Athens Georgia 30601Dialysis Stations: 18 (706) 227-2110
  • Athens Renal Center, LLC18.25 miles away2047 Prince Avenue Suite A Athens Georgia 30606Dialysis Stations: 17 (706) 549-2133
  • Braselton Dialysis18.56 miles away1241 Friendship Rd Suite 130 Braselton Georgia 30517Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 965-6056