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ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union)

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union)'s website

709 Rice Avenue,
Union SC 29379

(864) 427-0306

87.61% estimated occupancy ¹

ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union) is one of only two available facilities in Union, South Carolina. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is an elite score. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the country. As you will see below, this place also performed just fine in our category grades. It would be hard to poke holes in this place's profile.

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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
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned a strong short-term care grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A. With our short-term care score, we try to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Our inspection grades are based on many items found on the a nursing home's inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility also received a strong long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this category. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 93.79845 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

The final category we assessed is nursing, where this facility received a B. This actually was this nursing home's weakest category. A facility is doing something right when their poorest score still beats out most nursing homes. There are a number of subcategories within this area. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union) Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 7.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 2.71% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients which suffered a fall resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 3.95% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who had UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 13.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 27.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 1.75% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 94.25% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 10.87% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 18.42% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 18.42% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 21.38% of Patients

This metric tracks 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 ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Union), 77.86% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.