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PruittHealth - Pickens

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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163 Love & Care Road,
Six Mile SC 29682

(864) 868-2307

95.68% estimated occupancy 1

PruittHealth - Pickens is a senior living facility located in Six Mile, South Carolina. The city has a population of 3,818 people. This is a great facility. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This facility also received consistently good ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

One of the reasons this turned out to be a strong facility is that it earned an impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections is its best category. In this area, we gave it a grade of A. Our inspection ratings are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility also was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this category. In calculating these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.319725 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The next category we rated is nursing, in which this facility received a grade of B. This nursing home ended up being very solid in each area we assessed. We analyzed the levels of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this category. This nursing home provides 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 facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

PruittHealth - Pickens Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 9.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 3.01% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have had falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 2.75% of Patients had UTIs

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents that sustained UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 14.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 20.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 2.84% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 88.7% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 13.84% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 16.35% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 1.87 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 16.35 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In PruittHealth - Pickens, 73.59% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.62 miles away830 South Buncombe Road Greer South Carolina 29650Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 848-8200
  • Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.8 miles away905 Verdae Blvd Suite 102 Greenville South Carolina 29605Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 455-7000
  • Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.31 miles away200 Fleetwood Drive Easley South Carolina 29640Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 442-7606
  • Pelham Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.42 miles away250 Westmoreland Road Greer South Carolina 29651Government - Hospital District or Authority(864) 560-6554
  • Cannon Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.59 miles away123 W G Acker Drive Pickens South Carolina 29671Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 878-4791

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dsi Travelers Rest Dialysis0.39 miles away36 S Main St Travelers Rest South Carolina 29690Dialysis Stations: 13 (864) 660-2050
  • Rcg Greenville Dialysis Center7.74 miles away297 Pete Hollis Blvd. Greenville South Carolina 29601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (864) 232-9456
  • Greenville Dialysis Clinic, LLC9.28 miles away220-a Howe Street Greenville South Carolina 29601Dialysis Stations: 20 (864) 271-2002
  • Upstate Dialysis Center9.89 miles away308 Mills Ave Greenville South Carolina 29605CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 52 (864) 271-3700
  • Greer South Dialysis10.26 miles away3254 Brushy Creek Road Greer South Carolina 29650CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (864) 801-2065
  • Greer Kidney Center Inc10.48 miles away14152 East Wade Hampton Blvd Greer South Carolina 29651Dialysis Stations: 28 (864) 877-4432
  • Dsi Greenville Renal Center10.9 miles away1004 Grove Road Greenville South Carolina 29605CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (864) 242-0802
  • Dsi Greenville, LLC11.49 miles away121 Commerce Blvd Easley South Carolina 29642Dialysis Stations: 4 (864) 859-7902

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=425306