Tifton Health and Rehabilitation Center
1451 Newton Drive, Tifton GA 31794 · (229) 382-1665 · 93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Tifton Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Tifton, Georgia. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our ratings, this place ought to meet the needs of many people. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with an A. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities second best category is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this area. In calculating our long-term care scores, we assess the facility's personal care services. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Unfortunately, this place's hospitalization rate was not quite as favorable. We found that this facility had 2.43 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest category is its short-term care score, where it was awarded a B-. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 38.3 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last category, this nursing home was given a C for nursing, which is an acceptable rating. We assessed the skill-level of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in computing our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing rating also includes relevant quality-based measures. While this facility excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in some of the statistics that related to quality. This nursing home's nursing score was pulled down by its subpar performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. In fact, we found that 18.3 percent of this nursing home's patients experienced pressure ulcers. Since some pressure ulcers can be avoided with proper nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing grade when we find this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Tifton Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better