Pruitthealth- North Augusta

Pruitthealth- North Augusta is located in North Augusta, South Carolina. With an overall score of D, this is a well below average nursing home. This nursing home has very little going for it. The best thing we can really say about this place is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

This facility's next best area ended up being its long-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. In determining our long-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. While we determined this nursing home had an impressive volume of nursing hours provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be somewhat low. It provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 89.928055 percent of its residents. This is one figure we'd really like to see this facility improve. Next, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Although it had 2.63 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not as bad.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this category. According to its CMS reports, this place provided an average of 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was above average. Finally, our nursing score also includes some relevant quality-based metrics. While this facility excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it lagged a bit in some of the metrics that focused on quality. This place's nursing score was pulled down by poor performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. In fact, we found that 14.9 percent of this nursing home's residents suffered from pressure ulcers. Since many pressure ulcers can be avoided with sufficient nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing score when we see this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.

Turning to our final area, we awarded this facility a D in short-term care. This is the facility's worst category grade. With our short-term care rating, we strive to forge a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 41 percent of its residents returning home.