The D Scott Hudgens Center for Skilled Nursing
3500 Annandale Lane, Suwanee GA 30024 · (770) 932-3472 · 89.37% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The D Scott Hudgens Center for Skilled Nursing is a small non-profit nursing home located in Suwanee, Georgia. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated facilities we assessed. Being awarded an A+ in our rating system requires first-rate marks across the board. We can not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its ratings are just impeccable. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable profile is its long-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 32 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of considering the elite level of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the facility's record for vaccinations. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.12 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are a number of subcategories within this grade. Many of these factors reflect staffing levels. This facility provides an impressive 5 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is among the highest figures in Georgia. Finally, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any nursing home the country when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Amazingly, we also awarded this nursing home yet another A+ in the area of inspections. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be 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
In our last area, we awarded this facility an A+ for our short-term care grade. This rounded out a very strong report card. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home permanently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The D Scott Hudgens Center for Skilled Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better