Franke Health Care Center is one of four facilities located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This is a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal rating. This nursing home turned out to be one of the better facilities in the city, which boasts a good selection of nursing homes. If you look further down this page, you can see this facility's category scores, which are also quite good.
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Franke Health Care Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this area. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Very few facilities fared better in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave this to chance. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We analyzed the licensure of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a strong grade of B. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franke Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Franke Health Care Center, 8.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Franke Health Care Center, 4.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Franke Health Care Center, 13.04% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Franke Health Care Center, 15.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Franke Health Care Center, 14.94% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Franke Health Care Center, 2.52% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Franke Health Care Center, 99.22% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Franke Health Care Center, 8.05% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Franke Health Care Center, 11.18% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Franke Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Franke Health Care Center, 11.18% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Franke Health Care Center, 9.85% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Franke Health Care Center, 96.92% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Mount Pleasant, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Mount Pleasant, South Carolina has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- East Cooper Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.64 miles away2000 Hospital Dr Mount Pleasant South Carolina 29464Proprietary(843) 881-0100
- Mount Pleasant HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.08 miles away3510 Highway 17 North Suite 140 Mount Pleasant South Carolina 29466Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 724-2954
- Musc Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.77 miles away169 Ashley Ave Charleston South Carolina 29425Government - State(843) 792-2300
- Roper HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.97 miles away316 Calhoun St Charleston South Carolina 29401Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 724-2800
- Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.87 miles away2095 Henry Tecklenburg Drive Charleston South Carolina 29414Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 402-1006
- Trident Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.72 miles away9330 Medical Plaza Dr Charleston South Carolina 29406Proprietary(843) 847-4100
Nearby Dialysis
- Mt Pleasant Dialysis Center1.78 miles away1028 E-Wall Street Building a3 Mount Pleasant South Carolina 29464Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 884-3115
- Fresenius Medical Care Charleston County1.85 miles away901 Von Kolnitz Rd Mount Pleasant South Carolina 29464Dialysis Stations: 10 (843) 881-4842
- Dci East Cooper2.8 miles away1088 Johnnie Dodds Blvd Mount Pleasant South Carolina 29464Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 881-8344
- Dci Magnolia Court7.56 miles away1427 King Street Charleston South Carolina 29403Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 853-3399
- Dci James Island10.83 miles away959 Folly Road Charleston South Carolina 29412Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 795-8386
- Dci West Ashley11.15 miles away46 B Markfield Road Charleston South Carolina 29407CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (843) 766-2317
- Faber Place Dialysis11.7 miles away3801 Faber Place Drive North Charleston South Carolina 29405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 377-1566
- Pointe Dialysis, LLC11.8 miles away1964 Ashley River Road Suite D-3 Charleston South Carolina 29407Dialysis Stations: 20 (843) 852-3537