Reliable Health & Rehab at Lakewood
1980 Arrow Street, Sw, Atlanta GA 30310 · (404) 755-4080 · 94.9% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Reliable Health & Rehab at Lakewood is located in Atlanta, Georgia. This city is one of the largest cities in the country with has a population of 900,273 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. This grade is not too far off the city grade for Atlanta, which is a B-. The best part of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's long-term care rating is one of its better grades. The nursing home was given a B- in this area. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.342545 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable figure. The last datapoint we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 1.87 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is not too bad.
Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home an impressive grade of D. There are a variety of factors included in this area. Many of these factors relate to staffing levels. This place provided just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final area, this facility really did not fare well. With a very poor grade of F in short-term care, this is its weakest area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is frequently a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. In this nursing home's case, we found that it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 29.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Reliable Health & Rehab at Lakewood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better