Pruitthealth - Lanier

Pruitthealth - Lanier is located in Buford, Georgia. This nursing home proved to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this nursing home. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. We wish we had more data for this nursing home. Without all of the deficiency data, it was a challenge to grade it in this area.

Additionally, this facility also was awarded favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. Short-term care ratings are important for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, we found that this nursing home provided respectable levels of physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that it fared better than most facilities in this area with 55.9 percent of its patients returning home.

This facility is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It outperformed most facilities in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Turning to the next area, this facility was awarded a B- in nursing, which is generally an acceptable score. We assessed the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in calculating our score in this area. This place provided just 3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Lastly, our nursing scores also factor in some quality-focused statistics. We look at the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these metrics are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.