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Martha Franks Retirement Community

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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One Martha Franks Drive,
Laurens SC 29360

(864) 984-4541

83.06% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Martha Franks Retirement Community has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Martha Franks Retirement Community is located in Laurens, South Carolina. This facility was awarded an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor rating. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Laurens. The city has just one other nursing home. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in South Carolina badge

Top Nursing Home in South Carolina Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Laurens, South Carolina badge

Best Nursing Home in Laurens, South Carolina Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in South Carolina badge

Top Nursing Home in South Carolina Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Laurens, South Carolina badge

Best Nursing Home in Laurens, South Carolina Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in South Carolina badge

Top Nursing Home in South Carolina Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Laurens, South Carolina badge

Best Nursing Home in Laurens, South Carolina Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it earned a somewhat respectable government inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that area with a B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home was awarded its third best category score in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is a decent score. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The critical question is whether this also impacted quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Our next category is long-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a B- in that category. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home administered the vaccine to a relatively low 75.416664 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Martha Franks Retirement Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 5.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 5% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care patients which have had a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 12.34% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 21.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 12.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 85.92% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 22.83% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 24.85% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 24.85% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 14.68% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Martha Franks Retirement Community, 75.89% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.97 miles away22725 Highway 76 East Clinton South Carolina 29325Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 833-9100
  • Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.42 miles away741 South East Main Street Simpsonville South Carolina 29681Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 454-6100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Clinton Dialysis Clinic6.89 miles away103 Ab Jacks Rd Clinton South Carolina 29325Dialysis Stations: 20 (864) 833-0150
  • Palmetto Dialysis8.42 miles away317 Professional Park Road Clinton South Carolina 29325CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (864) 833-0717
  • Total Renal Care, Inc.15.25 miles away289 Chapman Rd Fountain Inn South Carolina 29644Dialysis Stations: 11 (864) 862-2273
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc.16.57 miles away251 S. Pearson St Woodruff South Carolina 29388Dialysis Stations: 13 (864) 476-5625
  • Jabine Dialysis, LLC17.48 miles away3337 Highway 72-221 E Greenwood South Carolina 29649Dialysis Stations: 1 (253) 733-4500
  • Dsi Powderhorn Dialysis19.81 miles away16 Powderhorn Road Simpsonville South Carolina 29681CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (864) 962-2222