CHEROKEE COUNTY LTC FACILITY (GAFFNEY, SC) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

This Nursing Home:	23.6%
State:	15.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	5.4%
South Carolina:	9.7%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	1.9%
South Carolina:	6.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	2.7%
State:	8.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	4.0%
South Carolina:	2.5%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	13.7%
South Carolina:	9.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

This Nursing Home:	1.3%
State:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	2.7%
South Carolina:	2.9%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	100.0%
State:	95.4%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	69.3%
South Carolina:	97.2%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	19.5%
South Carolina:	18.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	99.1%
South Carolina:	89.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	89.4%
South Carolina:	86.5%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	1.2%
South Carolina:	2.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	18.7%
State:	21.5%

Complaint Deficiency

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly constructed linen or trash chutes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.360
South Carolina:	0.670

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.270
State:	0.934

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.630
South Carolina:	1.602

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.050
South Carolina:	0.077

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.050
South Carolina:	0.079

CHEROKEE COUNTY LTC FACILITY - GAFFNEY, SC

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Complaint Deficiency

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