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Ross Memorial Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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1780 Old Highway 41,
Kennesaw GA 30152

(770) 427-7256

87.5% estimated occupancy 1

Ross Memorial Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Kennesaw, Georgia. This facility received an overall grade of D, which is a well below average rating. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Kennesaw. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

While we were fairly low on this facility overall, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the facility's overall score. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are with patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below average. Lastly, nursing scores also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's second lowest category is short-term care, where it received a grade of just D in that category. This is a relatively poor grade. In calculating these short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Not surprisingly, we found that this place offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next area we rated was long-term care, which turned out to be a weak spot for this facility. We gave this facility a grade of D for our long-term care category. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in a few of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 81.784386 percent of its patients. This is significantly lower than average. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Ross Memorial Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 13.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 1.49% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that had a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 11.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 11.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 2.28% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 80.48% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 18.95% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 23.61% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 0.67 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 23.61% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 10.69% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Ross Memorial Health Care Center, 29.99% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Wellstar Kennestone HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.3 miles away677 Church Street Marietta Georgia 30060Government - Hospital District or Authority(770) 793-5000
  • Wellstar Cobb HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.66 miles away3950 Austell Rd Austell Georgia 30106Voluntary non-profit - Other(770) 732-4000
  • Wellstar Paulding HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.54 miles away2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway Hiram Georgia 30141Voluntary non-profit - Other(470) 644-7000
  • Northside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.13 miles away1000 Johnson Ferry Road, Ne Atlanta Georgia 30342Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 851-8000
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish RiteChildrens 15.15 miles away1001 Johnson Ferry Road Atlanta Georgia 30342Voluntary non-profit - Other(404) 785-5252
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.27 miles away5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta Georgia 30342Voluntary non-profit - Private(678) 843-5720
  • Wellstar North Fulton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.54 miles away3000 Hospital Boulevard Roswell Georgia 30076Proprietary(770) 751-2500
  • Piedmont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.32 miles away1968 Peachtree Rd Nw Atlanta Georgia 30309Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 605-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dsi Kennesaw LLC2.09 miles away1925 Vaughn Road Suite 150 Kennesaw Georgia 30144Dialysis Stations: 3 (678) 290-8749
  • Fmcna of North Cobb2.53 miles away1392 Bells Ferry Road Marietta Georgia 30066Dialysis Stations: 24 (770) 528-3898
  • Bma of Marietta Inc2.85 miles away1277 Kennestone Circle Suite 600 Marietta Georgia 30066CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (770) 424-8391
  • Us Renal Care Cobb Renal Center4.66 miles away506 Roswell Street Suite 100 Marietta Georgia 30060Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 426-5110
  • Reliant Renal Care Georgia, LLC5.15 miles away1720 Powder Springs Rd Marietta Georgia 30064Dialysis Stations: 17 (678) 402-6048
  • Davita Kennestone Dialysis5.23 miles away200 Cobb Pkwy N Building 300 Ste 318 Marietta Georgia 30062CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (678) 797-1110
  • Fresenius Medical Care Acworth6.52 miles away3372 Acworth Summit Blvd Acworth Georgia 30101CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (770) 529-1141
  • Isd Renal, Inc.6.76 miles away4880 Lower Roswell Rd Suite 770 Marietta Georgia 30068Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 321-0675

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=115515