The Place at Martinez is one of four available facilities located in Augusta, Georgia. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Augusta. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
The Place at Martinez
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A+. Few facilities performed better in this area. Inspection scores are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among the reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it was given a dominant long-term care score. In fact, long-term care turned out to be its second most favorable category score. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A-. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 94.909096 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Our nursing rating is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was short-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's least impressive category. Unfortunately, we gave it an F for this category, which is obviously somewhat disappointing. Our short-term care grade is often used to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we considered the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Place at Martinez Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Place at Martinez, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Place at Martinez, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which have experienced falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Place at Martinez, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Place at Martinez, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Place at Martinez, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Place at Martinez, 4.8% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Place at Martinez, 94.56% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Place at Martinez, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Place at Martinez, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Place at Martinez, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Place at Martinez, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Place at Martinez, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Place at Martinez, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Augusta, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Augusta, Georgia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Doctors HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.79 miles away3651 Wheeler Road Augusta Georgia 30909Proprietary(706) 651-6008
- Au Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.28 miles away1120 15th Street Augusta Georgia 30912Voluntary non-profit - Other(706) 721-6569
- University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.76 miles away1350 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30901Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 722-9011
- Dwight Eisenhower Amc (Ft Gordon)Acute Care - Department of Defense 6.02 miles away300 East Hospital Road Augusta Georgia 30905Department of Defense(706) 787-5811
- Aiken Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.52 miles away302 University Parkway Aiken South Carolina 29801Proprietary(803) 641-5900
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc of Augusta Inc1.69 miles away1109 Medical Center Drive Building H Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 860-9220
- Wylds Road Dialysis3.34 miles away1815 Wylds Road Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 20 (706) 733-0522
- Fmc Crossroads3.62 miles away1719 Magnolia Way Augusta Georgia 30919Dialysis Stations: 17 (706) 228-7253
- Fresenius Medical Care Evans3.76 miles away696 Industrial Park Dr Evans Georgia 30809Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 868-0011
- Total Renal Care, Inc.4.14 miles away401 Town Park Blvd Evans Georgia 30809Dialysis Stations: 16 (706) 854-9502
- Fmc New Bailie4.93 miles away1717 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30904Dialysis Stations: 29 (706) 481-6920
- Ara South Augusta Clinic5.33 miles away1649 Gordon Highway Augusta Georgia 30906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (706) 796-1236
- Rai Deans Bridge5.37 miles away2841 Deans Bridge Road Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 790-5909