Pruitthealth - Grandview

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

We also awarded this nursing home a respectable score in the category of long-term care, where it received a B-. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility vaccinated 99.54751 percent of its residents, which is an above average percentage. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This nursing home's next most favorable category is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack score in this category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

The final category we graded is nursing. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is a very poor grade. This is certainly a significant disappointment. Our nursing grade includes a handful of subcategories, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. On top of receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients suffering pressure ulcers and found this place was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic really dragged down this nursing home's nursing rating significantly.