Located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Fraser Health Center is one of four nursing homes in this city. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ rated facility, which is the highest rating we offer. In fact, this nursing home made our top 100 list of the best facilities in the nation, which is just an astounding accomplishment. We also gave this nursing home impressive scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Fraser Health Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government 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.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A+. We assessed the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a grade of of A+ for its long-term care grade. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care. We gave it another great score of A+ in this area. This wrapped up a amazing report card of all A+'s. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services. To have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fraser Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fraser Health Center, 5.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which developed pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fraser Health Center, 4.23% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fraser Health Center, 7.69% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fraser Health Center, 4.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fraser Health Center, 10.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fraser Health Center, 4.48% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fraser Health Center, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fraser Health Center, 4.44% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fraser Health Center, 3.23% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fraser Health Center, 3.23% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fraser Health Center, 22.88% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fraser Health Center, 85.46% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Hilton Head Island, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- 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 5.73 miles away25 Hospital Center Blvd Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29925Proprietary(843) 681-6122
- Beaufort County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.15 miles away955 Ribaut Rd Beaufort South Carolina 29902Government - Local(843) 522-5200
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Hilton Head Dialysis Center5.91 miles away25 Hospital Center Blvd Medical Pavilion Suite 108 Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29926Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 681-5840
- Shoals Dialysis, LLC14.29 miles away101 Okatie Center Blvd S Okatie South Carolina 29909Dialysis Stations: 12 (843) 706-9900
- Dci Port Royal16.03 miles away8 Presnell Circle Beaufort South Carolina 29902CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 521-4300
- Bma of Beaufort Inc Low Country Dialysis16.53 miles awayTwo Professional Drive 10 Johnny Morrall Circle Port Royal South Carolina 29935Dialysis Stations: 22 (843) 524-2373
- Bayshore Dialysis LLC19.79 miles away540 E Oglethorpe Ave Savannah Georgia 31401Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 236-3053
- Williams Street Dialysis19.95 miles away2812 Williams St Savannah Georgia 31404CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (912) 354-5005
- Coastal Dialysis Center19.97 miles away1460 East Victory Drive Savannah Georgia 31404CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (912) 232-2691