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 appear to be equally strong as its overall score.
Broad Creek Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility also received an A+ in short-term care. With our short-term care assessment, we attempt to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Not many nursing homes performed as well in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. Unfortunately, it does not 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.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing grades are primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for its long-term care rating. This rounded out a very strong report card. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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, 9.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Broad Creek Care Center, 3.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Broad Creek Care Center, 3.26% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Broad Creek Care Center, 14.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Broad Creek Care Center, 19.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Broad Creek Care Center, 2.74% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Broad Creek Care Center, 88.77% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Broad Creek Care Center, 14.72% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Broad Creek Care Center, 22.47% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Broad Creek Care Center, 1.55 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Broad Creek Care Center, 22.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Broad Creek Care Center, 12.88 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Broad Creek Care Center, 72.67% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care 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-minus
- 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