Pruitthealth - Jasper
1350 East Church Street, Jasper GA 30143 · (706) 253-2441 · 88.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Pruitthealth - Jasper is one of just a couple facilities located in Jasper, Georgia. Sporting an overall grade of D, this is a lower end nursing home. This wasn't the worse nursing home we found, but we'd still be very reluctant to recommend it. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we did not have many favorable things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it earned a somewhat respectable government inspection report this year. It received a decent score in that area with a B-. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Short-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's more respectable category scores was in the area of short-term care. This ended up being its second most respectable category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech 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 looked at the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that it also performed well in this area with 57.6 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B- in this category. For patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.4186 percent of its residents. The last datapoint we assessed is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 2.92 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of patients.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded was nursing. This nursing home was awarded a C for the category. Our nursing score includes several data points, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also weigh quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed better than average in this area.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pruitthealth - Jasper Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better