Pruitthealth - Washington

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this place excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Few facilities fared better in that category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

In addition, this facility also received favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded them one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a grade of B+. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The third category we assessed was short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B- in this area. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be more critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Moving on to the last category, this nursing home received a respectable nursing score of C. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, we also baked some quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This facility was subpar in two of the major areas we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered.