The Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Ll
226 Wa Reel Drive, Edgefield SC 29824 · (803) 637-5312 · 90.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Ll is an average-sized nursing home located in Edgefield, South Carolina. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some respectable marks. This place has a few things working in its favor. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
This place's long-term care rating outpaced its overall grade. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for its long-term care score. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.77221 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.7 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a B. This is better than its overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. There are a number of subcategories included in this area. Most of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, this place was relatively weak in some of the major datapoints we focus on, with subpar scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was short-term care, which ended up being this facility's worst area. We gave this facility a grade of D in this category. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its score in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the figures we looked at. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 21.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Ll Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better