Pruitthealth - Moultrie
233 Sunset Circle, Moultrie GA 31768 · (229) 985-4320 · 96.61% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Pruitthealth - Moultrie is a facility located in Moultrie, Georgia. This city has a total of 34,219 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Moultrie. The best part of this place's profile was its exemplary inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 68 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of A+. This is a much better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. Our nursing grade is primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility Georgia in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a resident more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home's third highest score was long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed relatively poorly. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 93.30709 percent of its residents. This is slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.47 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is short-term care, turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this facility a D in that area. This is one of just a couple of weak links in a very solid profile. In computing these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 31.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pruitthealth - Moultrie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better