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University Nursing & Rehab Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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180 Epps Bridge Rd,
Athens GA 30606

79.59% estimated occupancy 1

University Nursing & Rehab Center is a large nursing home in Athens, Georgia. Our grading system was not favorable to this facility, as it received an overall grade of F. If you are not happy with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Athens. The city has just three other nursing homes. Finally, inspections was the only shining light in our review of this nursing home. We provide additional information on this category below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our more favorable scores in that area with a B. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies 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 no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the category of long-term care, this nursing home received just a D in that category. Sadly, this wound up being one of its best areas. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care likely don't provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes provide. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to just 76.85715 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses spend with residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to the final category, this nursing home really didn't fare very well in this area either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. With our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this facility provides significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

University Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 12.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 3.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that experienced a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 2.38% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this metric could also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 11.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 25.47% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 78.6% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 29.81% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 34.27% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 34.27% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 20.53% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In University Nursing & Rehab Center, 67.79% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Scores for Athens, GA

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

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

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Mary's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.41 miles away1230 Baxter Street Athens Georgia 30606Voluntary non-profit - Private(706) 389-3930
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.23 miles away1199 Prince Avenue Athens Georgia 30606Voluntary non-profit - Other(706) 475-7000
  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center BarrowAcute Care Hospitals 16.45 miles away316 North Broad Street Winder Georgia 30680Proprietary(770) 848-8611
  • Northridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.09 miles away70 Medical Center Drive Commerce Georgia 30529Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 335-1100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Classic City Dialysis2.13 miles away1686 Prince Ave Athens Georgia 30606Dialysis Stations: 20 (706) 850-7400
  • Athens Renal Center, LLC2.42 miles away2047 Prince Avenue Suite A Athens Georgia 30606Dialysis Stations: 17 (706) 549-2133
  • Athens Kidney Center2.49 miles away1440 North Chase Street Athens Georgia 30601Dialysis Stations: 18 (706) 227-2110
  • Fresenius Medical Care Clarke County3.41 miles away5105 Jefferson Rd Suite B Athens Georgia 30607CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (706) 549-6885
  • Athens West Dialysis6.78 miles away1747 Langford Drive Bldg 500 Watkinsville Georgia 30677CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (706) 583-1785
  • Athens East Dialysis7 miles away2026 S Milledge Ave, Street a2 Athens Georgia 30605Dialysis Stations: 19 (706) 549-3297
  • Ncg Barrow LLC16.38 miles away655 Exchange Circle Suite 100 Bethlehem Georgia 30620Dialysis Stations: 3 (770) 282-1100
  • Nephron Corporation16.46 miles away301 North Broad Stree Winder Georgia 30680Dialysis Stations: 14 (770) 868-8517

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=115467