Broad Creek Care Center is a senior living facility located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, which has a total of 39,852 people. This proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the most impressive ratings that we offer. We can not find many bad things to say about this place. Its grades are as good as they get. If you look below, you can see this place's category ratings, which are also quite good.
Broad Creek Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of short-term care. In our short-term care score, we try to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. Inspection scores are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. We were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are based in large part on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category, this facility also was given a very strong long-term care grade, with a B+. This finished off a very impressive profile. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 96.66667 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Broad Creek Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Broad Creek Care Center, 9.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Broad Creek Care Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Broad Creek Care Center, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Broad Creek Care Center, 15.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Broad Creek Care Center, 19.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Broad Creek Care Center, 2.85% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some believe this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Broad Creek Care Center, 88.92% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Broad Creek Care Center, 14.02% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Broad Creek Care Center, 20.24% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Broad Creek Care Center, 1.69 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Broad Creek Care Center, 20.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Broad Creek Care Center, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Broad Creek Care Center, 73.11% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Hilton Head Island, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of A
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Hilton Head Island, South Carolina has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Hilton Head Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.85 miles away25 Hospital Center Blvd Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29925Proprietary(843) 681-6122
- Beaufort County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.65 miles away955 Ribaut Rd Beaufort South Carolina 29902Government - Local(843) 522-5200
- Coastal Carolina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.82 miles away1000 Medical Center Drive Hardeeville South Carolina 29927Proprietary(843) 784-8182
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Hilton Head Dialysis Center4.95 miles away25 Hospital Center Blvd Medical Pavilion Suite 108 Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29926Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 681-5840
- Shoals Dialysis, LLC12.58 miles away101 Okatie Center Blvd S Okatie South Carolina 29909Dialysis Stations: 12 (843) 706-9900
- Dci Port Royal14.41 miles away8 Presnell Circle Beaufort South Carolina 29902CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 521-4300
- Bma of Beaufort Inc Low Country Dialysis15.06 miles awayTwo Professional Drive 10 Johnny Morrall Circle Port Royal South Carolina 29935Dialysis Stations: 22 (843) 524-2373
- Bayshore Dialysis LLC19.66 miles away540 E Oglethorpe Ave Savannah Georgia 31401Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 236-3053