Pruitthealth - Swainsboro

On top of receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection ratings are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider 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.

This facility was given a favorable long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.05882 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we gave them one of our better scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is considered to be a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The next category we scored is nursing, where this facility received a grade of B. This facility did not end up having any weak categories. In computing our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.