Pruitthealth - Old Capitol

In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that area, which is one of our highest grades. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its profile, this nursing home also earned a score of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 77.66323 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of C in this category is by no means a bad score. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in determining our grade in this category. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

The next area we scored was short-term care. We gave this facility a D in the area of short-term care, making this the facility's weakest grade. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.