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Ellen Sagar Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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1817 Jonesville Highway,
Union SC 29379

(864) 301-3500

78.05% estimated occupancy ¹

Ellen Sagar Nursing Center is a senior living facility located in Union, South Carolina, which has a population of 19,186 people. This facility was given an A- overall, which is an elite score. We can't find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its grades are as good as they get. We also gave this nursing home phenomenal ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - Hospital district
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Palliative Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pain Management

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Nurse Quality

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing rating. There are a host of criteria included in this grade. Many of these subcategories reflect levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to its high-end profile, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care area. In fact, we gave it a score of A- for the category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.70846 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Facility Inspections

Adding another impressive category grade, we gave this facility a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Turning to our final category, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable short-term care rating. We awarded it a grade of B+ in that category, completing one of our finer report cards. Our short-term care grades are probably most important for residents requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Ellen Sagar Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 4.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 0.29% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients that experienced a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 0.29% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 16.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 11.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 99.59% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 3.18% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 4.87% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, 4.87% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.