Pruitthealth - Palmyra
1904 Palmyra Road, Albany GA 31702 · (229) 883-0500 · 86.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Pruitthealth - Palmyra is located in Albany, Georgia. The city has 101,511 people. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to avoid of this place. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 250 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Even though this facility's overall grade was terrible, it didn't perform as badly in the area of nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- for that area. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses spent with residents, in computing our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed admirably in this metric. Avoiding major falls is often an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility offers enough nurses to assist its residents.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility's second most respectable category is short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared somewhat badly. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more important for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. With its grade in this category, we weren't surprised to find that this place is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 38.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Facility Inspections
Sadly, this facility received a grade of just D in our inspection category. This is well below average grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. We suggest you pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the final area, we awarded this nursing home a D in the area of long-term care. This was the nursing home's weakest category rating. Facilities that don't fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated only 81.68317 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.19 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pruitthealth - Palmyra Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased 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
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better