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Pruitthealth - Augusta

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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2541 Milledgeville Road,
Augusta GA 30904

(706) 738-2581

93.4% estimated occupancy 1

Pruitthealth - Augusta is an average-sized nursing home located in Augusta, Georgia. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score in this range requires some solid marks. This facility has a few things going for it. This nursing home did not meet our expectations in all of our categories, but it did not receive any terrible grades either. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next highest category is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a B-. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 97.10145 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the area of short-term care, this nursing home was given just a D in that area. Short-term care grades are often employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The final area we rated is nursing, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. Nursing scores are mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this nursing home also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Pruitthealth - Augusta Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 10.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 0.58% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 10.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 2.19% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 94.38% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 7.99% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 18.76% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to patients health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 18.76% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Pruitthealth - Augusta, 67.18% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Augusta, GA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of D
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Augusta, Georgia has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Au Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.32 miles away1120 15th Street Augusta Georgia 30912Voluntary non-profit - Other(706) 721-6569
  • University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.84 miles away1350 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30901Government - Hospital District or Authority(706) 722-9011
  • Doctors HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.81 miles away3651 Wheeler Road Augusta Georgia 30909Proprietary(706) 651-6008
  • Dwight Eisenhower Amc (Ft Gordon)Acute Care - Department of Defense 6.35 miles away300 East Hospital Road Augusta Georgia 30905Department of Defense(706) 787-5811
  • Aiken Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.08 miles away302 University Parkway Aiken South Carolina 29801Proprietary(803) 641-5900

Nearby Dialysis

  • Rai Deans Bridge0.32 miles away2841 Deans Bridge Road Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 790-5909
  • Nephrology Center of South Augusta0.52 miles away1631 Gordon Hwy Store 1b Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 19 (706) 790-8300
  • Ara South Augusta Clinic0.57 miles away1649 Gordon Highway Augusta Georgia 30906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (706) 796-1236
  • Fmc New Bailie2.44 miles away1717 Walton Way Augusta Georgia 30904Dialysis Stations: 29 (706) 481-6920
  • South Augusta Dialysis Clinic, LLC2.62 miles away3206 Peach Orchard Road Augusta Georgia 30906Dialysis Stations: 16 (706) 798-5774
  • Wylds Road Dialysis3.09 miles away1815 Wylds Road Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 20 (706) 733-0522
  • Ara Augusta LLC3.29 miles away1000 Telfair St Augusta Georgia 30901CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (706) 774-0130
  • Fmc of Augusta Inc4.97 miles away1109 Medical Center Drive Building H Augusta Georgia 30909Dialysis Stations: 21 (706) 860-9220

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=115334