Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The city has a variety of options. With an overall grade of A, this is without a doubt a world class nursing home. Indeed, this turned out to be one of the three best facilities in Spartanburg. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its long-term care grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
We gave this facility an impressive grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category, we gave this facility a grade of A for its short-term care grade. This topped off a very favorable profile. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint 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 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 9.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.26% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents that have sustained urinary tract infections. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 14.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 19.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.74% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 88.77% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 14.72% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 22.47% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 22.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 12.88 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility, 72.67% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Spartanburg, SC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Spartanburg, South Carolina has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Spartanburg Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.98 miles away101 E Wood St Spartanburg South Carolina 29303Government - Hospital District or Authority(864) 560-6554
- Cherokee Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.36 miles away1530 N Limestone St Gaffney South Carolina 29340Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 487-4271
Nearby Dialysis
- Spartanburg Dialysis, LLC0.38 miles away128 Dillon Dr Spartanburg South Carolina 29307Dialysis Stations: 24 (864) 587-1507
- Dci East Spartanburg0.53 miles away155 Dillon Drive Spartanburg South Carolina 29307Dialysis Stations: 35 (864) 585-4840
- Dci Spartanburg3.45 miles away203 Freemont Avenue Spartanburg South Carolina 29303CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (864) 585-2046
- Wofford Dialysis4.12 miles away8024 White Ave Spartanburg South Carolina 29303Dialysis Stations: 14 (864) 583-4798
- Carolina Dialysis LLC7.17 miles away115 Interstate Park Spartanburg South Carolina 29303Dialysis Stations: 20 (864) 576-9999
- Dci West Spartanburg8.77 miles away105 Tradd Street Spartanburg South Carolina 29301CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (864) 574-8828
- Dci Gaffney13.69 miles away405 Tiffany Park Gaffney South Carolina 29341CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (864) 487-1727
- Dialysis Newco, Inc.15.2 miles away208 Holly Springs Road Lyman South Carolina 29365Dialysis Stations: 13 (864) 439-2138