Laurel Baye Healthcare of Williston
5721 Springfield Hwy, Williston SC 29853 · (803) 266-3229 · 90% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Laurel Baye Healthcare of Williston is a small nursing home located in Williston, South Carolina. This facility received an overall grade of B-, which is a solid rating. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to be a solid choice for most people. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 44 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received a very strong long-term care grade. In fact, we gave this nursing home an A- in this area, which boosted its overall grade. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. This facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.62 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a favorable score in short-term care. This nursing home earned a B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our more favorable scores. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in South Carolina in this area with 61.7 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Facility Inspections
Turning our last category of inspections, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. This turned out to be this facility's worst grade and it really pulled its overall grade down. Our inspection rating is based on the facility's inspections. Since the information is collected by government inspectors, we weight it heavily in our assessment. One of the most important factors in assessing inspection reports is deficiencies. We would pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed a category J or K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. Finally, this place also has been assessed significant government fines in recent years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Laurel Baye Healthcare of Williston Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that 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. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better