Saluda Nursing Center
581 Newberry Highway, Saluda SC 29138 · (864) 445-2146 · 98.12% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Saluda Nursing Center is located in Saluda, South Carolina. The city has 10,883 people. With an overall score of D, this is a lower end facility. Based on our assessment, we'd struggle to recommend this place. The best thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 176 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. This grade is better than this place's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Another area of concern is that CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing score is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. According to CMS reports, this nursing home averaged 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Approximately a quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are among the more highly trained nurses. These are above average figures. Finally, our nursing ratings also include quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed above average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our short-term care grade is often employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 46.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last area is long-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in that category. Long-term care grades are generally used to judge a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.6988 percent of its residents. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Saluda Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better