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The Bell Minor Home

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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2200 Old Hamilton Place Ne,
Gainesville GA 30507

(770) 532-2066

82.5% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Gainesville, Georgia, The Bell Minor Home is one of four facilities in this city. Sporting an overall score of D, this is a lower end facility. At the end of the day, we'd struggle to recommend this nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

Although we didn't grade this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent score in the category of inspections, where it earned an A+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's short-term care score turns out to be one of its better grades. The facility received a grade of C in this area. Our short-term care scores are presumably most important for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care grade. This is not an impressive grade. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable figure. To our surprise, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Turning to our fourth area, this nursing home didn't perform very well here either. With a very poor grade of F in nursing, this is about as bad as it gets. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to rating below average in nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also had poor marks in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in both of these metrics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

The Bell Minor Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In The Bell Minor Home, 10.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which have pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In The Bell Minor Home, 9.03% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In The Bell Minor Home, 3.11% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In The Bell Minor Home, 17.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In The Bell Minor Home, 8.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In The Bell Minor Home, 11.07% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In The Bell Minor Home, 100% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In The Bell Minor Home, 17.7% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In The Bell Minor Home, 10.39% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In The Bell Minor Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In The Bell Minor Home, 10.39% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In The Bell Minor Home, 12.8% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In The Bell Minor Home, 77.85% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Gainesville, GA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

Looking for more options? Gainesville, Georgia has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncAcute Care Hospitals 2.07 miles away743 Spring Street Gainesville Georgia 30501Government - Local(770) 535-3553
  • Habersham County Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away541 Historic Highway 441-North Demorest Georgia 30535Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 754-2161
  • Northridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.23 miles away70 Medical Center Drive Commerce Georgia 30529Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 335-1100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Gainesville Dialysis1.36 miles away2545 Flintridge Road Ste 130 Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 15 (770) 536-7194
  • Fresenius Medical Care Hall County1.42 miles away1492 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Se Gainesville Georgia 30501CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (678) 989-0231
  • Northeast Georgia Home Training1.45 miles away1485 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Ne Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 1 (770) 297-0547
  • Jesse Jewell Dialysis1.48 miles away1475 Jesse Jewell Pkwy Ne Suite 110 Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 538-7598
  • Fresenius Medical Care Gainesville3.04 miles away1856 Thompson Bridge Road Suite 101 Gainesville Georgia 30501CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (770) 534-6999
  • Fresenius Medical Care Lake Lanier3.83 miles away2565 Thompson Bridge Road Gainesville Georgia 30501Dialysis Stations: 10 (678) 450-0364
  • Braselton Dialysis14.46 miles away1241 Friendship Rd Suite 130 Braselton Georgia 30517Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 965-6056
  • Fresenius Kidney Care North Forsyth16.78 miles away3530 Rowe Lane Cumming Georgia 30041Dialysis Stations: 11 (770) 886-5750