Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC is the lone option we were able to find in Blackville, South Carolina. This turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it maintains its high level of care.
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Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility earned a strong overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent long-term care score. We gave them an A in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that category, with an A-. Inspection scores are tied to items located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. The nursing rating includes several factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care. In this category, we gave this nursing home a C. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 11.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 0.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who suffered falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 3.59% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which experienced UTI's. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents that are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 23.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 99.26% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 19.49% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 16.33% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 16.33% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Blackville Healthcare & Rehabilitation LLC, 19.13% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care,Inc10.25 miles away10708 Marlboro Ave Barnwell South Carolina 29812Dialysis Stations: 15 (803) 541-7225
- Bamberg Dialysis13.88 miles away2046 Main Highway Bamberg South Carolina 29003Dialysis Stations: 16 (803) 245-1775
- Central Bamberg Dialysis14.17 miles away67 Sunset Drive Bamberg South Carolina 29003Dialysis Stations: 20 (803) 245-5166