Located in Toomsboro, Georgia, Pruitthealth - Toomsboro is the only facility we found in this area. It looks like this is a very good nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. This facility definitely has plenty going for it. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Pruitthealth - Toomsboro
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with a strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspection category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. It doesn't appear that we have information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of strengths, it also was awarded a superb long-term care score. We awarded them a dominant grade of A- in this area. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.431816 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a decent score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing. This facility was given an impressive nursing rating in our assessment, with a C. Even though this is not as elite as some of its other scores, this is still an acceptable score in this category. There are a host of factors within this area. Most of the subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pruitthealth - Toomsboro Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 10.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 3.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 3.19% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 21.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 5.28% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 93.36% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 16.65% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 20.73% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 20.73 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pruitthealth - Toomsboro, 69.89% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
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