FITZGERALD NURSING HOME (FITZGERALD, GA) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Complaint Deficiency

Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Quickly tell the resident's doctor the results of lab tests
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.270
State:	0.470

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.270
Georgia:	1.015

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.540
Georgia:	1.482

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.140
State:	0.071

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.140
Georgia:	0.074

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	14.7%
Georgia:	15.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	29.7%
State:	12.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	3.8%
State:	8.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	8.0%
Georgia:	2.7%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	1.9%
Georgia:	7.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	9.3%
Georgia:	1.6%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	9.3%
Georgia:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	98.1%
State:	95.5%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	33.3%
Georgia:	22.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	97.3%
State:	87.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	100.0%
Georgia:	84.7%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	7.4%
State:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	26.5%
Georgia:	28.2%

FITZGERALD NURSING HOME - FITZGERALD, GA

Complaint Deficiency

Staff Information

Quality Measures

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