Pruitthealth - Sunrise

To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility performed well in the category of long-term care. Indeed, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.70968 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. There are a number of factors within this category. Most of these criteria are tied to staffing levels. 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. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this metric. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient even once per day.

Turning to our next category, this nursing home was awarded a decent short-term care score of C. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is typically a fair assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.