Hallmark Healthcare Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Summerville, South Carolina. Our grading system was not kind to this facility, as we gave it an overall rating of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Summerville. The city has just two other nursing homes. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Hallmark Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Optometry
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this facility received a reasonably solid long-term care score in our assessment. We gave it a B- in this area. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 95.4386 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel grade. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Given its score in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this place is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.6 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hallmark Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 9.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 15.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 19.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 2.85% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 88.92% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 14.02% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 20.24% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 1.69 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 20.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hallmark Healthcare Center, 73.11% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Trident Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.18 miles away9330 Medical Plaza Dr Charleston South Carolina 29406Proprietary(843) 847-4100
- Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.52 miles away2095 Henry Tecklenburg Drive Charleston South Carolina 29414Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 402-1006
- Musc Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.3 miles away169 Ashley Ave Charleston South Carolina 29425Government - State(843) 792-2300
- Roper HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.36 miles away316 Calhoun St Charleston South Carolina 29401Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 724-2800
Nearby Dialysis
- Rai Care Centers Summerville0.49 miles away109 Burton Avenue Suite A Summerville South Carolina 29485CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (843) 875-9800
- Jedburg Dialysis4.95 miles away2897 W 5th North St Summerville South Carolina 29483CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (843) 873-3955
- Dci Archdale5.58 miles away5300 Archdale Blvd North Charleston South Carolina 29418Dialysis Stations: 21 (843) 552-0935
- Rai Care Centers N Charleston5.72 miles away2450 Elms Center Road Charleston South Carolina 29406CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (843) 553-4742
- Dci Goose Creek Inc5.91 miles away98 Hamlet Circle Goose Creek South Carolina 29445Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 863-8633
- Goose Creek Dialysis7.01 miles away109 Greenland Drive Goose Creek South Carolina 29445CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 377-1199
- North Charleston Dialysis9.1 miles away5900 Rivers Ave Ste E Charleston South Carolina 29406CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 747-3447
- Faber Place Dialysis11.13 miles away3801 Faber Place Drive North Charleston South Carolina 29405CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 377-1566