Savannah Square Health Center
One Savannah Square Drive, Savannah GA 31406 · (912) 927-7550 · 80.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Savannah Square Health Center is a small nursing home in Savannah, Georgia. We awarded this nursing home a quality overall grade of B+. In fact, we ranked it as the fifth best facility in Savannah. Even in a city of 11 nursing homes, this facility is a great option. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also earned nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to this facility's list of achievements, it also was awarded a superb short-term care score. We gave them an impressive strong of A in this area. Our short-term care scores are important for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Georgia in this area with 64.2 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable long-term care scores this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our higher grades in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored is nursing, was this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this facility a D in that category. This is one of the few weak points on an otherwise strong report card. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses are seeing residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also did not fare as well as we had hoped in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Savannah Square Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of 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 indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better