Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews is an average-sized facility located in Columbia, South Carolina. This is a lower end facility, with an overall grade of D. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 10 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score is not a highlight, it actually received a slightly more favorable score in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for that category, which is a decent score. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient 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.
Short-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more favorable category scores was in the area of short-term care. This ended up being its second most respectable category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In computing these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care, where this facility received a grade of C in this area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. Unfortunately, this nursing home vaccinated only 84.18973 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the final category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in nursing. This is the nursing home's weakest category rating. Our nursing category analyzes many components, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this metric.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 10.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 1.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 3.63% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 12.76% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 5.33% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 80.35% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 5.71% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 9.55% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 9.55% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 30.56% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brian Center Nursing Care - St Andrews, 52.56% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Columbia, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Columbia, South Carolina has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Lexington Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.41 miles away2720 Sunset Blvd West Columbia South Carolina 29169Government - Hospital District or Authority(803) 791-2000
- Prisma Health Richland HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.79 miles away5 Medical Park Columbia South Carolina 29203Voluntary non-profit - Private(803) 296-2548
- Prisma Health BaptistAcute Care Hospitals 6.36 miles away1330 Taylor at Marion St Columbia South Carolina 29220Voluntary non-profit - Private(803) 296-5678
- Providence HealthAcute Care Hospitals 10.85 miles away120 Gateway Corporate Blvd Columbia South Carolina 29203Proprietary(803) 256-5300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care West Columbia3.16 miles away105 Sum-Mor Drive West Columbia South Carolina 29169CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (803) 733-1764
- Fresenius Medical Care Irmo3.3 miles away1012 Lykes Lane Irmo South Carolina 29063Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 749-7088
- North Main Kidney Center5.3 miles away3900 North Main Street Suite A Columbia South Carolina 29203Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 779-1201
- Fresenius Medical Care Columbia Home5.45 miles away121 Park Central Dr Columbia South Carolina 29203Dialysis Stations: 2 (803) 799-1266
- Fresenius Medical Care Midtown5.5 miles away150 Park Central Drive Columbia South Carolina 29203CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (803) 771-0107
- Central Columbia Kidney Center5.6 miles away3511 Medical Drive Columbia South Carolina 29203Dialysis Stations: 25 (803) 771-0518
- Fresenius Medical Care South Columbia6.26 miles away2139 Adams Grove Road Columbia South Carolina 29203Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 779-4073
- Fresenius Medical Care Columbia6.26 miles away2125 Adams Grove Rd Columbia South Carolina 29203CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (803) 779-7511