PruittHealth - Moultrie is a facility in Moultrie, Georgia. This city has 34,219 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires solid marks in most areas. This facility truly has plenty of good features. If you look further down this page, you will see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good.
PruittHealth - Moultrie
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed this well in this area. Our inspection scores are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a score of B. Our short-term care grade is typically used to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a favorable long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in this area. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 83.333336 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points below what we expected but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, 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.
Nurse Quality
The next category we scored was nursing. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a favorable grade of B. In calculating our nursing ratings, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning patients even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
PruittHealth - Moultrie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 10.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 3.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 3.2% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 18.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 20.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 4.8% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 94.56% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 16.73% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 17.19% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 17.19 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 11.58 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In PruittHealth - Moultrie, 68.99% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Colquitt Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.32 miles away3131 Thomasville Hwy Box 40 Moultrie Georgia 31768Government - Hospital District or Authority(229) 985-3420
Nearby Dialysis
- Moultrie Dialysis Center0.72 miles away2419 S Main Street Moultrie Georgia 31768Dialysis Stations: 10 (229) 890-1221
- Colquitt Regional Medical Center Dialysis5.5 miles away449 31st Avenue Se Moultrie Georgia 31768CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (229) 891-9333