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MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center's website

1 Medical Park Drive,
Chester SC 29706

(803) 581-3151

70.37% estimated occupancy 1

MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center is an average-sized government-owned facility in Chester, South Carolina. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some respectable scores. This nursing home has some things going for it. The best part of this facility's report card was its stellar inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home outperformed its overall grade in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with a grade of A+. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, we awarded this facility a B in our long-term care category. This is one of our higher scores. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 74.01961 percent of its patients. This is a few points lower than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. The nursing grade is based on several factors, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's weakest category is short-term care, which is the last area we scored. In this category, we gave this facility a D. In our short-term care score, we attempt to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home offers less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.7 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 9.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 3.01% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 2.75% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 14.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 20.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 2.84% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 88.7% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 13.84% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 16.35% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 1.87 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 16.35 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 12.8 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In MUSC Health Chester Nursing Center, 73.59% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Musc Health Chester Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away1 Medical Park Drive Chester South Carolina 29706Proprietary(803) 581-3151

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bma of Chester Inc2.22 miles away501 Healthway Drive Chester South Carolina 29706CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (803) 377-8127
  • Fresenius Medical Care Fort Lawn16.42 miles away5707 Willowbrook St Fort Lawn South Carolina 29714Dialysis Stations: 17 (803) 872-4149

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=425061