Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville West
600 Sulpher Springs Road, Greenville SC 29611 · (864) 246-2721 · 90.8% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville West is a large non-profit facility located in Greenville, South Carolina. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. In our view, this place ought to be a wonderful choice for just about anybody. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 125 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Other
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more data for this facility. Without having all of the deficiency data, it is a challenge to fully assess it in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf assessment, this nursing home also received a superb short-term care grade, with a score of A. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in South Carolina in this area with 65.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home received an impressive long-term care score, with a B+ in the area. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 94.98433 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a dangerous ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. The last statistic we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 2.36 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed turned out to be this facility's worst area. Nevertheless, even its weakest link would be a strength for many facilities. In fact, we gave it a strong grade of B in our nursing category. Our nursing score is based on quite a few components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This nursing home fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented with better nursing care.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heartland Health Care Center - Greenville West Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better