Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home is a senior living facility located in Newberry, South Carolina. The city has a total of 20,469 people. It looks like this is a very respectable nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable rating. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
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Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place is a quality nursing home is that it received an impressive inspection grade. Inspections is its best category grade. In this category, we awarded it an A. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home an B for nursing. Nursing grades are mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving residents more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest area was its long-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. Our long-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's volume of nursing services. This includes a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.14815 percent of its residents, which is more than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, this facility received an acceptable short-term care grade of B-. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 5.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 4.63% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients that have experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 0.63% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 17.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 29.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 3.07% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 98.21% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 10.36% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 16.1% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 16.1% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 6.74% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Springfield Place and J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home, 66.53% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Newberry County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.33 miles away2669 Kinard St PO Box 497 Newberry South Carolina 29108Voluntary non-profit - Other(803) 405-7145
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc of Newberry0.51 miles away2850 Kinard St Newberry South Carolina 29108CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (803) 276-2860