Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center is a large nursing home located in Carrollton, Georgia. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a lower end facility. As far as we can see, we'd struggle to recommend this place. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection reports. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
156 Pine Knoll Drive,
Carrollton GA 30117
80.4% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The second best category we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 98.55073 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care. This facility's was given a bottom of the barrel short-term care grade where it received a lowly F. In calculating our short-term care scores, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. With its abysmal score in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this nursing home provided far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home did not fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 47.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this facility really did not perform well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in nursing, this is about as terrible as it gets. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 10.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents that suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 18.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 5.36% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 93.3% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 17.29% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 23.16% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 1.5 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 23.16 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 11.64 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pine Knoll Nursing & Rehab Center, 69.86% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Carrollton, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Carrollton, Georgia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonAcute Care Hospitals 1.36 miles away705 Dixie Street Carrollton Georgia 30117Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 836-9580
- Higgins General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 10.01 miles away200 Allen Memorial Drive Bremen Georgia 30110Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 812-2000
- Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaAcute Care Hospitals 13.59 miles away601 Dallas Highway Villa Rica Georgia 30180Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 456-3101
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Carrol County1.54 miles away157 Clinic Avenue Suite 102 Carrollton Georgia 30117CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (770) 832-2202
- North Carrollton Dialysis2.51 miles away195 Parkwood Cir Carrollton Georgia 30117Dialysis Stations: 12 (770) 832-8959
- Fresenius Medical Care Bremen9.65 miles away108 Redding Drive Bremen Georgia 30110Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 537-0222
- Fmcna Villa Rica13.01 miles away130 Prospector Dr Villa Rica Georgia 30180Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 459-7135
- Arbor Place Dialysis15.83 miles away9559 Highway 5 Ste #1 Douglasville Georgia 30135Dialysis Stations: 12 (678) 391-0949