Palemon Gaskins Mem Nsg Home
710 North Irwin Avenue, Ocilla GA 31774 · (229) 468-3890 · 89.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Palemon Gaskins Mem Nsg Home is located in Ocilla, Georgia, a city with a population of 6,714 people. This nursing home is an A+ rated facility, which is our absolute highest grade. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top five percentile of all nursing homes in the nation. We also gave this facility impressive ratings in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 30 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to offering well above average levels of nurse staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.0991 percent of its residents. This percentage is also much higher than the majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.84 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this category, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This place provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the higher totals in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by both of these statistics. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this nursing home was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. It earned one of our top scores in that category with a grade of A+. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this facility also performed well in the short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this category. This finalized a straight A profile. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is generally a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This place performed respectably with 48.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Palemon Gaskins Mem Nsg Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better