Wellmore of Lexington
200 Wellmore Drive, Lexington SC 29072 · (803) 520-1200 · 71% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Wellmore of Lexington is a small nursing home located in Lexington, South Carolina. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is among the top nursing homes we looked at. We can't find many negative things to say about this facility. Its ratings are as good as they get. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility performed well in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Very few nursing homes fared as well in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Among its many dominant grades, this nursing home was given an excellent long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A in this area. 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. After considering the significant amount of nursing hours provided by this nursing home, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.3 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was middle of the road since it had more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing score is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 5.3 hours per resident each day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other place provides. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents sustaining falls leading to serious injury, this place performed as well as any nursing home in the state. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we rated is short-term care, in which this facility was awarded a B. Believe it or not, this turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when it's poorest grade still outperforms most other facilities. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most facilities we looked at. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 40.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wellmore of Lexington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations 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 is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better