Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center is one of just a few available facilities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This proved to be a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of B-. This nursing home has some things going for it. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Grand Strand Rehab and 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 - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received favorable long-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second strongest grade. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 64.38356 percent of its residents against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received its third best category grade in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a C in this category, which is a decent score. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. We were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated is nursing. We awarded this nursing home a D in our nursing category, rendering this the nursing home's least impressive grade. We scrutinized the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in computing our rating in this category. With a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this place's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 9.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that sustained falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 15.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 19.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 2.85% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 88.92% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 14.02% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 20.24% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 1.69 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 20.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center, 73.11% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Conway Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.08 miles away300 Singleton Ridge Road Conway South Carolina 29526Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 347-8037
- Lighthouse Behavioral Health HospitalPsychiatric 7.15 miles away152 Waccamaw Medical Park Drive Conway South Carolina 29526Proprietary(843) 347-8871
- Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.93 miles away809 82nd Parkway Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29572Proprietary(843) 692-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Total Renal Care, Inc.3.06 miles away1350 Farrow Parkway Suite 100 Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29577CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 839-0966
- Conway Dialysis Center6.62 miles away838 Farrar Drive Conway South Carolina 29526Dialysis Stations: 20 (843) 347-5111
- Myrtle Beach Dialysis7.41 miles away3919 Mayfair Street Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29577Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 448-4920
- Fresenius Medical Care Myrtle Beach7.77 miles away4592 Oleander Dr Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29577CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (843) 839-4273
- Fmc Dialysis Services Murrells Inlet9.9 miles away5011 Highway 17 Bypass Murrells Inlet South Carolina 29576CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (843) 357-4840
- Fresenius Medical Care West Conway10.96 miles away1702 Millpond Road Conway South Carolina 29527CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 488-0328