White Oak at North Grove is on a list of 10 nursing homes in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This nursing home turns out to be a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. You could certainly do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
White Oak at North Grove
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Only a select group of facilities performed more favorably in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.523224 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest category is its short-term care grade, where it was given a C. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is frequently a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we looked at is nursing. We awarded this facility a D for the area of nursing, making this the facility's least impressive category. When calculating our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home offered just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
White Oak at North Grove Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In White Oak at North Grove, 9.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In White Oak at North Grove, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In White Oak at North Grove, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents that sustained a UTI. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In White Oak at North Grove, 15.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In White Oak at North Grove, 19.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In White Oak at North Grove, 2.85% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In White Oak at North Grove, 88.92% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In White Oak at North Grove, 14.02% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In White Oak at North Grove, 20.24% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In White Oak at North Grove, 1.69 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In White Oak at North Grove, 20.24 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In White Oak at North Grove, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In White Oak at North Grove, 73.11% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced 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-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Spartanburg, South Carolina has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Spartanburg Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.74 miles away101 E Wood St Spartanburg South Carolina 29303Government - Hospital District or Authority(864) 560-6554
- Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.89 miles away830 South Buncombe Road Greer South Carolina 29650Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 848-8200
- Pelham Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.22 miles away250 Westmoreland Road Greer South Carolina 29651Government - Hospital District or Authority(864) 560-6554
- Cherokee Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.64 miles away1530 N Limestone St Gaffney South Carolina 29340Voluntary non-profit - Private(864) 487-4271
Nearby Dialysis
- Wofford Dialysis1.59 miles away8024 White Ave Spartanburg South Carolina 29303Dialysis Stations: 14 (864) 583-4798
- Dci Spartanburg2.23 miles away203 Freemont Avenue Spartanburg South Carolina 29303CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (864) 585-2046
- Dci East Spartanburg2.37 miles away155 Dillon Drive Spartanburg South Carolina 29307Dialysis Stations: 35 (864) 585-4840
- Spartanburg Dialysis, LLC2.51 miles away128 Dillon Dr Spartanburg South Carolina 29307Dialysis Stations: 24 (864) 587-1507
- Carolina Dialysis LLC4.67 miles away115 Interstate Park Spartanburg South Carolina 29303Dialysis Stations: 20 (864) 576-9999
- Dci West Spartanburg6.6 miles away105 Tradd Street Spartanburg South Carolina 29301CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (864) 574-8828
- Dialysis Newco, Inc.12.46 miles away208 Holly Springs Road Lyman South Carolina 29365Dialysis Stations: 13 (864) 439-2138
- Dci Gaffney16.07 miles away405 Tiffany Park Gaffney South Carolina 29341CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (864) 487-1727