Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton

On top of receiving an elite overall grade, this facility received an A+ inspection grade. This score is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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.

This nursing home performed well in the category of short-term care. As a result, we awarded it a grade of A for that area, which is one of our most favorable grades. In our short-term care category, we seek to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

This facility was awarded its next highest category grade in the area of long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a respectable score. In our long-term care score, we assess the sheer quantity of services provided by a facility, as well as a series of qualitative statistics. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.26389 percent of its patients, which is an above average statistic. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The next area we scored was this nursing home's poorest area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a respectable grade of C in our nursing category. In computing our nursing grades, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below average. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused metrics. We especially look at the percentage of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.