Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton is one of only two available facilities located in Okatie, South Carolina. Featuring an overall score of B+, this looks like a high quality nursing home. You could certainly do much worse than this nursing home. This place is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
3039 Okatie Highway,
Okatie SC 29909
85.91% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home performed well in our inspections category, where it earned a grade of A+. Very few nursing homes performed as well in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies 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.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of achievements, it also was given a high-end short-term care grade. We gave them an elite grade of A- in this category. In crafting our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. One reason for this facility's impressive score in this category is that it offers a significantly larger volume of hours of physical therapy to its residents than a typical nursing home. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in South Carolina in this area with 59.6 percent of its patients returning home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.849464 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.29 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed is nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of C. Although this ended up being its least impressive category grade, this is still not a bad grade. Our nursing score assesses a handful of components, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 9.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 3.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 3.11% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 15.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 20.09% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 3.01% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 90.67% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 14.17% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 22.6% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 1.55 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 22.6 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 13.44 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton, 72.9% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Coastal Carolina HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.8 miles away1000 Medical Center Drive Hardeeville South Carolina 29927Proprietary(843) 784-8182
- Hilton Head Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.16 miles away25 Hospital Center Blvd Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29925Proprietary(843) 681-6122
- Beaufort County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.25 miles away955 Ribaut Rd Beaufort South Carolina 29902Government - Local(843) 522-5200
- Memorial Health University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.06 miles away4700 Waters Avenue Savannah Georgia 31404Voluntary non-profit - Other(912) 350-3691
- Candler HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.61 miles away5353 Reynolds Street Savannah Georgia 31412Voluntary non-profit - Other(912) 819-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Shoals Dialysis, LLC1.51 miles away101 Okatie Center Blvd S Okatie South Carolina 29909Dialysis Stations: 12 (843) 706-9900
- Fmc Hilton Head Dialysis Center13.99 miles away25 Hospital Center Blvd Medical Pavilion Suite 108 Hilton Head Island South Carolina 29926Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 681-5840
- Fmc Dialysis Services the Marshlands14.25 miles away28 Rice Pond Road Ridgeland South Carolina 29936Dialysis Stations: 18 (843) 987-0110
- Ridgeland Dialysis14.25 miles away112 Weathersbee St. Ridgeland South Carolina 29936Dialysis Stations: 10 (843) 717-9379
- Dci Port Royal14.74 miles away8 Presnell Circle Beaufort South Carolina 29902CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 521-4300
- Bayshore Dialysis LLC16.23 miles away540 E Oglethorpe Ave Savannah Georgia 31401Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 236-3053
- Bma of Beaufort Inc Low Country Dialysis16.65 miles awayTwo Professional Drive 10 Johnny Morrall Circle Port Royal South Carolina 29935Dialysis Stations: 22 (843) 524-2373
- Fmc West Chatham Dialysis Center16.67 miles away113 Minus Avenue Savannah Georgia 31408Dialysis Stations: 16 (912) 965-0305