l.m.c.- Extended Care is located in Lexington, South Carolina. The city has 90,341 people. This turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
l.m.c.- Extended Care
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our best grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its high-end long-term care score. It received one of our better scores in that area, with a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 97.90576 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores this year. In fact, we awarded it one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a grade of B. Short-term care grades are meaningful for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we looked at was nursing. We gave this facility a decent grade in this area, with a B-. Even though this isn't as strong as several of its other grades, it is still nothing to be ashamed of. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
l.m.c.- Extended Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 9.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 15.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 19.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 2.85% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 88.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 14.02% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 20.24% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 1.69 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 20.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In l.m.c.- Extended Care, 73.11% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lexington Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.81 miles away2720 Sunset Blvd West Columbia South Carolina 29169Government - Hospital District or Authority(803) 791-2000
- Prisma Health BaptistAcute Care Hospitals 12.42 miles away1330 Taylor at Marion St Columbia South Carolina 29220Voluntary non-profit - Private(803) 296-5678
- Prisma Health Richland HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.44 miles away5 Medical Park Columbia South Carolina 29203Voluntary non-profit - Private(803) 296-2548
- Providence HealthAcute Care Hospitals 18.32 miles away120 Gateway Corporate Blvd Columbia South Carolina 29203Proprietary(803) 256-5300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care Lexington3.04 miles away131 Whispering Winds Dr Lexington South Carolina 29072Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 358-0145
- Fresenius Medical Care West Columbia8.06 miles away105 Sum-Mor Drive West Columbia South Carolina 29169CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (803) 733-1764
- Fresenius Medical Care Irmo8.23 miles away1012 Lykes Lane Irmo South Carolina 29063Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 749-7088
- Lexington Kidney Center, LLC8.43 miles away2831 Augusta Rd West Columbia South Carolina 29170Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 796-8785
- Fresenius Medical Care Cna Kidney Centers, LLC9.39 miles away1000 Ramblin Road West Columbia South Carolina 29172Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 722-6048
- Fresenius Medical Care Columbia Home12.17 miles away121 Park Central Dr Columbia South Carolina 29203Dialysis Stations: 2 (803) 799-1266
- Fresenius Medical Care Midtown12.17 miles away150 Park Central Drive Columbia South Carolina 29203CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (803) 771-0107
- North Main Kidney Center12.24 miles away3900 North Main Street Suite A Columbia South Carolina 29203Dialysis Stations: 21 (803) 779-1201