NHC HealthCare Garden City is located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. The city has a population of 24,446 people. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the best scores we offer. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes nationally. This facility was also given impressive scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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NHC HealthCare Garden City
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
On top of being a strong nursing home overall, it also earned A+ inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being 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.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the amount of time nurses commit to patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place 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 often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Moving on our next category, we gave this facility a score of A for its short-term care grade. This is a first-rate score. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
Switching gears to our next area, this nursing home was given an extremely favorable long-term care grade. We gave it a grade of B+ in this category, wrapping up one of our better profiles. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 60.09975 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we expected but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
NHC HealthCare Garden City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-plus
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 6.51% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 4.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients that have experienced falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 5.22% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-minus
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 16.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: C
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 26.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A-minus
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 0.53% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: D
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 78.43% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 17.83% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 24.53% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: C
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 24.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: C
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 16.03% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: F
In NHC HealthCare Garden City, 59.35% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Conway Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.87 miles away300 Singleton Ridge Road Conway South Carolina 29526Voluntary non-profit - Private(843) 347-8037
- Lighthouse Behavioral Health HospitalPsychiatric 13 miles away152 Waccamaw Medical Park Drive Conway South Carolina 29526Proprietary(843) 347-8871
- Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.95 miles away809 82nd Parkway Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29572Proprietary(843) 692-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis Services Murrells Inlet3.76 miles away5011 Highway 17 Bypass Murrells Inlet South Carolina 29576CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (843) 357-4840
- Total Renal Care, Inc.6.5 miles away1350 Farrow Parkway Suite 100 Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29577CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (843) 839-0966
- Conway Dialysis Center12.17 miles away838 Farrar Drive Conway South Carolina 29526Dialysis Stations: 20 (843) 347-5111
- Myrtle Beach Dialysis12.39 miles away3919 Mayfair Street Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29577Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 448-4920
- Fresenius Medical Care Myrtle Beach12.83 miles away4592 Oleander Dr Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29577CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (843) 839-4273
- Fresenius Medical Care West Conway16.27 miles away1702 Millpond Road Conway South Carolina 29527CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (843) 488-0328
