Located in Anderson, South Carolina, Ellenburg Nursing Center is one of five available facilities in the city. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. As far as we can see, this facility should be a good fit for quite a few people. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
Ellenburg Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this facility's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's better category grades was in the category of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 65.60976 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is based on several datapoints, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is short-term care. This nursing home was given a C for this category. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ellenburg Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 9.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients that had a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 15.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 19.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 2.85% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 88.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 14.02% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 20.24% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 1.69 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 20.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ellenburg Nursing Center, 73.11% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Anderson, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Anderson, South Carolina has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Anmed HealthAcute Care Hospitals 1.16 miles away800 N Fant St Anderson South Carolina 29621Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 512-2830
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Anderson Dialysis Clinic0.98 miles away416 E Calhoun Street Ste A Anderson South Carolina 29621CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 48 (864) 224-1678
- Fresenius Medical Care North Anderson3.81 miles away2021 Cardinal Cir Anderson South Carolina 29621Dialysis Stations: 21 (864) 224-0024
- Davita Pendleton Dialysis12.65 miles away7703 Highway 76 Pendleton South Carolina 29670Dialysis Stations: 10 (864) 646-7715
- Fresenius Medical Services of Pendleton12.99 miles away908 S Mechanic Street Pendleton South Carolina 29670Dialysis Stations: 11 (864) 646-6607
- Fmc Services of Belton Honea Path14.72 miles away200 Church Street Honea Path South Carolina 29654Dialysis Stations: 17 (864) 369-6509
- Lake Hartwell Dialysis19.5 miles away1065 E. Franklin Street Hartwell Georgia 30643Dialysis Stations: 8 (706) 376-3285
- Lake Hartwell Kidney Center19.97 miles away98 Arthur Street Hartwell Georgia 30643Dialysis Stations: 13 (706) 376-9600