Mountainview Nursing Home is a large non-profit nursing home in Spartanburg, South Carolina. With an A overall grade, we rated this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on all of the relevant data, you can't go wrong with this facility. If you scroll down, you will see this place's category ratings, which are also impressive.
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Mountainview Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Our nursing score features a number of factors. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was dominant in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.445984 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this facility was given an extremely favorable short-term care grade. We gave it a grade of B+ in this area, finishing off one of our more favorable profiles. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mountainview Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 2.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 1.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 3.43% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 8.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 24.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 98.64% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 9.16% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 5.42% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mountainview Nursing Home, 5.42% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Spartanburg, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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