The Heritage at Lowman Rehab and Healthcare
201 Fortress Drive, White Rock SC 29177 · (803) 732-3000 · 83.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in White Rock, South Carolina, The Heritage at Lowman Rehab and Healthcare is the sole nursing home located in the area. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the most elite facilities we assessed. It received one of the top scores we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. As you will see below, this facility performed equally well in our category scores. We give this place two thumbs up!
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 176 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an A in our long-term care category. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 95.55556 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. This place was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.13 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this nursing home's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home an A for inspections. Our inspection scores are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Building on its high-end assessment, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A-. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. This facility performed much better in the final metric we considered in this area, which was the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. It performed as well as just about any facility in South Carolina with 62.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home was given a strong nursing rating. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this category, rounding out a straight A profile. There are many data points within this area. Many of the criteria relate to levels of nurse staffing. With 4 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this nursing home surpassed the national average. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Heritage at Lowman Rehab and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better