Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center is located in Augusta, Georgia. This city has a total of 202,193 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. We found this nursing home to be better than most of the nursing homes in Augusta, which has a city grade of B. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded a strong short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B+. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more meaningful for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our nursing rating is based on a number of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a C. Although this is its least impressive category rating, this is still a middle of the pack score. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 77.07006 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who suffered falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from a UTI. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.8% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 94.56% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
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 0.29 miles away3651 Wheeler Road Augusta Georgia 30909Proprietary(706) 651-6008
- Dwight Eisenhower Amc (Ft Gordon)Acute Care - Department of Defense 4.25 miles away300 East Hospital Road Augusta Georgia 30905Department of Defense(706) 787-5811
- Au Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.04 miles away1120 15th Street Augusta Georgia 30912Voluntary non-profit - Other(706) 721-6569
- University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.6 miles away1350 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30901Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 722-9011
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc of Augusta Inc0.17 miles away1109 Medical Center Drive Building H Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 860-9220
- Fmc Crossroads1.95 miles away1719 Magnolia Way Augusta Georgia 30919Dialysis Stations: 17 (706) 228-7253
- Wylds Road Dialysis2.4 miles away1815 Wylds Road Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 20 (706) 733-0522
- Fresenius Medical Care Evans3.91 miles away696 Industrial Park Dr Evans Georgia 30809Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 868-0011
- Total Renal Care, Inc.4.47 miles away401 Town Park Blvd Evans Georgia 30809Dialysis Stations: 16 (706) 854-9502
- Ara South Augusta Clinic5.16 miles away1649 Gordon Highway Augusta Georgia 30906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (706) 796-1236
- Rai Deans Bridge5.32 miles away2841 Deans Bridge Road Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 790-5909
- Nephrology Center of South Augusta5.38 miles away1631 Gordon Hwy Store 1b Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 19 (706) 790-8300