Vista Park Health and Rehabilitation
1310 West Gordon Street, Douglas GA 31533 · (912) 384-7811 · 76.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Douglas, Georgia, Vista Park Health and Rehabilitation is the sole option we were able to find in this city. Sporting an overall grade of B, this nursing home is a fine option. Based on our assessment, this facility is a good fit for most people. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 168 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Other
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its favorable overall score, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home performed well in our long-term care category. As a result, we awarded it a score of A- for that category, which happens to be one of our most impressive scores. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 96 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 3.33 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as favorable as some of its other scores in this area, this number can be skewed for some nursing homes due to some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a favorable short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average score of B in this area. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were extremely impressed to find that this facility offers its residents substantially more physical therapist hours than most other nursing homes. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. It fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 51 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest area is nursing, which is the last area we analyzed. We gave it an F in this category. Even with a few excellent grades in other categories, this score is still a bit alarming so we wanted to draw your attention to it. The nursing rating assesses many subcategories, but the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also didn't fare as well as we had hoped in some of the quality measures we assessed in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Vista Park Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better