Located in Greenville, South Carolina, Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East is one of five available nursing homes in this city. This is a quality facility with a grade of B+ overall. We were pleased to learn that many of the other nursing homes in Greenville received similar scores. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its favorable overall performance, we gave this nursing home an A- for the area of inspections. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also was awarded a superb short-term care grade. We gave them a strong strong of A- in this area. Short-term care scores are critical for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. The nursing category is based on quite a few components, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics 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.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at ended up being this facility's weakest area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of B- in our long-term care category. Long-term care scores are crucial for prospective residents in need of non-healthcare services such as personal care. Once we assessed the amount of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinates 96.55173 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 9.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 3.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents which have had falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 2.75% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 14.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 20.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 2.84% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 88.7% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 13.84% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required 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 Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 16.35% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 1.87 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 16.35 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 12.8 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville East, 73.59% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Greenville, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.41 miles away200 Fleetwood Drive Easley South Carolina 29640Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 442-7606
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- Pelham Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.43 miles away250 Westmoreland Road Greer South Carolina 29651Government - Hospital District or Authority(864) 560-6554
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- Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.46 miles away741 South East Main Street Simpsonville South Carolina 29681Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 454-6100
Nearby Dialysis
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