Pruitthealth - Decatur is a large nursing home located in Decatur, Georgia. Sporting an overall rating of C, this is likely a decent nursing home. This place has a few things going for it. The best part of this facility's report card was its remarkable inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Pruitthealth - Decatur
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection score. Its inspection score was far superior to its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we still had favorable view of this nursing home's recent inspections.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing grade includes several components, many of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Finally, although this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area.
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Short-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only received a grade of D for its short-term care score, which is not an impressive grade. Our short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this place was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the figures we looked at. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored was long-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 69.76744 percent of its patients. This is quite a bit less than what we expected. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pruitthealth - Decatur Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 10.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents that had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 3.23% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 18.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 21.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 5.43% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 93.26% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 17.3% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 23.05% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 23.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 11.54 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pruitthealth - Decatur, 69.88% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Decatur, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Decatur, Georgia has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Emory Decatur HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.7 miles away2701 N Decatur Road Decatur Georgia 30033Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 501-1000
- Emory University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.18 miles away1364 Clifton Road, Ne Atlanta Georgia 30322Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 686-8500
- Emory Hillandale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.23 miles away2801 Dekalb Medical Parkway Lithonia Georgia 30058Government - Hospital District or Authority(404) 501-8040
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at EglestonChildrens 7.32 miles away1405 Clifton Road, Ne Atlanta Georgia 30322Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 785-6101
- Grady Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.42 miles away80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive Se Atlanta Georgia 30303Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 616-4252
- Wellstar Atlanta Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.45 miles away303 Parkway Drive, Ne Atlanta Georgia 30312Proprietary(404) 265-4000
- Emory University Hospital MidtownAcute Care Hospitals 8.21 miles away550 Peachtree Street, Ne Atlanta Georgia 30308Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 686-4411
- Piedmont HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.39 miles away1968 Peachtree Rd Nw Atlanta Georgia 30309Voluntary non-profit - Private(404) 605-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Emory Dialysis LLC0.94 miles away2726 Candler Road Decatur Georgia 30034CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (404) 778-1025
- Decatur Dialysis Center2.66 miles away1987 Candler Rd Decatur Georgia 30032CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (404) 286-1700
- Mcafee Dialysis2.66 miles away1987 Candler Rd Suite C Decatur Georgia 30032CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (404) 284-8596
- Total Renal Care, Inc.2.76 miles away2540 Flat Shoals Road Atlanta Georgia 30349Dialysis Stations: 17 (770) 991-6479
- East Dekalb Dialysis3.06 miles away2853 Candler Road, Suite 203 Decatur Georgia 30034CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (404) 241-0402
- Eastlake Dialysis3.18 miles away1757 Candler Road Se Decatur Georgia 30032CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (404) 289-2313
- Odiorne Dialysis4.47 miles away2460 Wesley Chapel Rd, Ste 25d Decatur Georgia 30035Dialysis Stations: 18 (770) 987-1439
- Ellenwood Dialysis Center4.56 miles away209 Bennette Blvd Ellenwood Georgia 30294Dialysis Stations: 16 (678) 289-0963