Pruitthealth - Peake is located in Macon, Georgia. This city has a total of 165,895 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some respectable scores. Even in a city with 12 other nursing homes, this one ought to be a quality selection. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Pruitthealth - Peake
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient 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
- Catheter Care
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Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Nursing ratings are largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third best area is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this category. Our long-term care grade assesses a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 97.12794 percent of its residents. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this nursing home received a respectable short-term care score of B-. Short-term care grades are generally employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pruitthealth - Peake Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 5.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 2.35% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients that experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 1.06% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 9.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 4.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 7.65% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 97.03% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 15.38% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 11.92% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 11.92% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 15.94% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pruitthealth - Peake, 51.75% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Macon, GA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Hospitals
- Coliseum Northside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.71 miles away400 Charter Boulevard Macon Georgia 31210Proprietary(478) 757-8200
- Medical Center, Navicent Health (The)Acute Care Hospitals 7.4 miles away777 Hemlock Street Macon Georgia 31201Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 633-1000
- Coliseum Medical CentersAcute Care Hospitals 8.1 miles away350 Hospital Drive Macon Georgia 31217Voluntary non-profit - Private(478) 765-7000
- Monroe County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.58 miles away88 Martin Luther King Jr Drive Forsyth Georgia 31029Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 994-2521
- Medical Center of Peach County, Navicent HealthCritical Access Hospitals 18 miles away1960 Highway 247 Connector Byron Georgia 31008Government - Hospital District or Authority(478) 654-2000
- Houston Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.6 miles away1601 Watson Boulevard Warner Robins Georgia 31093Voluntary non-profit - Private(478) 922-4281
Nearby Dialysis
- Macon Southside Dialysis Center, LLC5.4 miles away2101-2121 Eisenhower Parkway Suite 2117 Macon Georgia 31206CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (478) 744-9551
- Georgia Kidney Institute, LLC6.8 miles away1625 Hardeman Avenue Macon Georgia 31201Dialysis Stations: 11 (478) 257-5200
- Eisenhower Parkway Dialysis7.39 miles away2525 Second Street Macon Georgia 31206CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (478) 738-0420
- Dsi Macon Pine Street Dialysis7.5 miles away745 Pine Street Macon Georgia 31210Dialysis Stations: 18 (478) 742-5138
- Dsi Macon Hemlock Dialysis7.58 miles away657 Hemlock St Ste 100 Macon Georgia 31201Dialysis Stations: 22 (478) 742-8001
- Dialysis Center of Macon, LLC7.6 miles away890 Second Street 1st Floor Macon Georgia 31201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (478) 743-0584
- Davita Dialysis of Middle Georgia Inc.7.61 miles away747 Second Street Macon Georgia 31201CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (478) 742-4211
- Macon Eastside Dialysis Center7.68 miles away640 North Avenue Suite H Macon Georgia 31211Dialysis Stations: 16 (478) 621-0542