Sears Manor Nursing Home
3311 Lee Street, Brunswick GA 31521 · (912) 264-1857 · 70.7% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Sears Manor Nursing Home is an average-sized nursing home located in Brunswick, Georgia. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is among the top nursing homes we looked at. We can't find many negative things to say about this facility. Its ratings are as good as they get. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of providing elite levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.22481 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 3.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this figure may be skewed for some facilities based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. Our inspection scores are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Places that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B+. Short-term care scores are meaningful for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This place outperformed the majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 50.9 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
The next area we analyzed was this nursing home's weakest area. Nevertheless, even its worst category would actually be a strength for most facilities. We gave it an above average grade of B in our nursing category. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an impressive statistic which typically leads to quality care. Finally, we also looked at nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sears Manor Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is 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 is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better