Presbyterian Home of South Carolina-Columbia
700 Davega Drive, Lexington SC 29073 · (803) 796-8700 · 40.45% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Presbyterian Home of South Carolina-Columbia is located in Lexington, South Carolina. This city has 90,341 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the most elite facilities we looked at. Receiving an A+ in our grading scheme requires top-notch marks across the board. Indeed, this is actually the best nursing home in Lexington. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 44 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to a phenomenal overall grade, this facility also received A+ nursing grade. Our nursing score is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 6.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this place performed as well as any facility the country.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. Inspection ratings are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Places that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Another strength for this facility is short-term care, where it was given an A+ grade. This is just about as elite as it gets in this category. Short-term care ratings are critical for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this nursing home's favorable grade in this area is that it offers more care from registered nurses than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 74.7 percent of its residents returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category, this facility also received an A+ for its long-term care grade. This topped off a remarkable report card of straight A+'s. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the data points we considered on top of this nursing home's quality nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Presbyterian Home of South Carolina-Columbia Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better