Located in Saint Marys, Georgia, Senior Care Center - St Marys is the only facility we were able to find in the city. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is an elite rating. We rated this nursing home as one of the 50 best facilities in Georgia. The best part of this facility's strong report card was its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Senior Care Center - St Marys
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end profile, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that area. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.83784 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its fine assessment, this nursing home also was awarded a superb short-term care grade, with a score of A-. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated was nursing. In that area, we gave this facility a solid grade of B-. This was this nursing home's least impressive area. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Senior Care Center - St Marys Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 6.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 4.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 9.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 19.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 98.37% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 4.55% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 14.22% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 14.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 9.98% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Senior Care Center - St Marys, 68.59% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Southeast Georgia Health System- Camden CampusAcute Care Hospitals 4.8 miles away2000 Dan Proctor Drive Saint Marys Georgia 31558Government - Hospital District or Authority(912) 576-6401
- Baptist Medical Center - NassauAcute Care Hospitals 8.29 miles away1250 S 18th St Fernandina Beach Florida 32034Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 321-3500
Nearby Dialysis
- St Marys Dialysis1.94 miles away2714 Osborne Rd Saint Marys Georgia 31558Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 882-7507
- Fresenius Kidney Care Amelia Island8.59 miles away960144 Gateway Blvd Fernandina Beach Florida 32034Dialysis Stations: 13 (904) 277-2511
- Bio-Medical Applications of Ga, Inc9.05 miles away234 Kings Bay Road Kingsland Georgia 31548Dialysis Stations: 12 (912) 510-4345
- Fmc - Oceanway18.55 miles away12961 North Main St Suite 305 Jacksonville Florida 32218Dialysis Stations: 12 (904) 757-7425