Pruitthealth - Covington

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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4148 Carroll Street,
Covington GA 30015

(770) 786-0427

93.09% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Covington, Georgia, Pruitthealth - Covington is one of only two facilities there. This nursing home is a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this place a grade of A+ for the area of inspections. Our inspection ratings are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its profile, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.0198 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best area ended up being short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B-. Our short-term care scores are arguably most important for people in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This place also performed well in this metric with 58 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The next category we graded is nursing. We gave this facility a D for our nursing category, leaving this as its worst grade. Our nursing category weighs several factors, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility averaged just 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is not a very impressive figure. Although this facility didn't excel in nursing hours, it actually surprised us in a few of the quality-based metrics in the nursing category, such as avoiding serious falls. This place was better than average in this statistic, which is one redeeming quality we found in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Pruitthealth - Covington Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 10.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 18.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 5.36% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 93.3% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 17.29% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 23.16% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 23.16 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 11.64 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Pruitthealth - Covington, 69.86% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Piedmont Newton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.36 miles away5126 Hospital Drive Ne Covington Georgia 30014Voluntary non-profit - Private(770) 786-7053
  • Piedmont Walton Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.86 miles away2151 W Spring Street Monroe Georgia 30655Proprietary(770) 267-8461
  • Emory Hillandale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.52 miles away2801 Dekalb Medical Parkway Lithonia Georgia 30058Government - Hospital District or Authority(404) 501-8040

Nearby Dialysis

  • Us Renal Care Covington Dialysis0.57 miles away4179 Baker St Covington Georgia 30014CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (770) 385-4015
  • Shone Dialysis, LLC1.95 miles away10132 Carlin Avenue Covington Georgia 30014CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (770) 385-8008
  • Fresenius Medical Care Honeycreek Dialysis, LLC5.51 miles away11415 Brown Bridge Road Covington Georgia 30016Dialysis Stations: 11 (770) 786-1005
  • Davita Cowan Lake Dialysis8.33 miles away1950 Honey Creek Commons Se Conyers Georgia 30094Dialysis Stations: 13 (778) 910-2563
  • Fmc Honey Creek8.33 miles away1901 Honey Creek Commons Conyers Georgia 30013CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (678) 413-3751
  • Dsi Conyers, LLC8.47 miles away1927 Highway 138 North Conyers Georgia 30013Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 483-6124
  • Conyers Dialysis9.6 miles away1501 Milstead Rd Ne Conyers Georgia 30012CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (770) 761-8097
  • Fresenius Medical Care Honeycreek Dialysis, LLC9.77 miles away1285 Wellbrook Circle Conyers Georgia 30012Dialysis Stations: 15 (770) 922-0209

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=115588