Waycross Health And Rehabilitation

Waycross Health And Rehabilitation - WAYCROSS, GA

1910 DOROTHY STREET, WAYCROSS, GA 31501

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WAYCROSS HEALTH:

WAYCROSS HEALTH

has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:

Actual Harm Findingsi

On December 18, 2022, state nursing home surveyors found that WAYCROSS HEALTH caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.

All Recent Surveys:   2022-12-18

History of Unsafe Staffingi

Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.

Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.

What is unsafe CNA staffing?

Below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day

"Less than 2.0 nurse aide hours per patient day is likely to result in poor care."

- CMS Report to Congress

Was WAYCROSS HEALTH staffed at Unsafe levels?:

Days staffed below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day In 2022: 87.4%
319 days
out of 365 days
In 2021: 83.6%
305 days
out of 365 days
In 2020: 63.7%
233 days
out of 366 days
In 2019: 55.3%
202 days
out of 365 days
In 2018: 83.6%
305 days
out of 365 days
In 2017: 84.9%
310 days
out of 365 days
Average CNA care
per resident per day
In 2022: 1.70 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2021: 1.76 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2020: 1.92 hours
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2019: 1.95 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2018: 1.86 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2017: 1.81 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
Average overall care
per resident per day
In 2022: 3.39 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022)
In 2021: 3.46 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021)
In 2020: 3.40 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
In 2019: 3.59 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019)
In 2018: 3.52 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018)
In 2017: 3.54 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)

Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)

Why do staffing levels matter to WAYCROSS HEALTH residents?

  • 96.4% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
  • 96.4% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
  • 67.9% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
  • 42.9% of residents had dementia

Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (October 19, 2017)

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