J F Hawkins Nursing Home
1330 Kinard Street, Newberry SC 29108 · (803) 276-2601 · 95.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
J F Hawkins Nursing Home is an average-sized facility in Newberry, South Carolina. With an overall rating of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong nursing home. We really can not say enough good things about this place. Scroll down to find this facility's category ratings, which are also quite good. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 118 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home excelled in inspections, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our more positive grades in our long-term care category as well, with a B+. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 76.73267 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we rated is short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a strong nursing rating in our assessment, with a B. Although this is not as impressive as a few of its other grades, this is still one of our stronger grades in that category. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. This nursing home fared much better in the final metric we considered in this area, which was the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any facility in South Carolina in this metric with 58.8 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay patients ever return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
J F Hawkins Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room 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 care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better