Mountainview Nursing Home

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared well in long-term care. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.42029 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are many factors included in this grade. Many of these datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home South Carolina in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a patient even once per day.

The final category we rated was short-term care. We gave this nursing home a solid score in that area, with a grade of B-. Even though this isn't as high as several of this facility's other scores, it is still not a terrible score. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.