Wellstar Paulding Nursing Center
600 West Memorial Drive, Dallas GA 30132 · (770) 445-4411 · 91.42% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Wellstar Paulding Nursing Center is a large hospital-based nursing home located in Dallas, Georgia. Featuring an overall rating of A+, this facility is ranked among the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. As far as we can see, this place should be a wonderful choice for most people. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its long-term care rating, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 182 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.35 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. Our inspection grades are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's government inspections. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses spent with patients, in determining our grade in this category. With 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the national average. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several quality measures we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this facility also excelled in the short-term care category. We gave it a B+ for that area. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Short-term care grades are generally employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that it fared better than most facilities with 49.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wellstar Paulding Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better