PruittHealth - Fitzgerald

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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PruittHealth - Fitzgerald's website

185 Bowen's Mill Highway,
Fitzgerald GA 31750

(229) 423-4361

83.58% estimated occupancy ¹

PruittHealth - Fitzgerald is in Fitzgerald, Georgia, a city with a total of 18,687 people. With an overall rating of B+, this looks like a high quality facility. Based on our assessment, this place looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

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

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. This proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an B+. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses commit to patients and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning patients even once per day.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility was awarded a strong short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that area with a score of B. Short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we graded was long-term care, in which this facility was given a C. This actually turned out to be this nursing home's worst area. This is still a middle of the pack score. Long-term care grades are critical for residents seeking personal care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.69565 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

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PruittHealth - Fitzgerald Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 5.28% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 93.36% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 16.65% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Some would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 20.73% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 11.5 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In PruittHealth - Fitzgerald, 69.89% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.