VETERANS VICTORY HOUSE (WALTERBORO, SC) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Quality Measures

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

This Nursing Home:	13.4%
South Carolina:	15.5%

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

Here:	22.0%
State:	9.7%

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

This Nursing Home:	7.4%
South Carolina:	6.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	10.0%
State:	8.3%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

Here:	53.2%
South Carolina:	52.3%

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

Here:	0.9%
South Carolina:	2.5%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	4.3%
State:	9.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	10.5%
State:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	1.9%
South Carolina:	3.9%

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

Here:	3.3%
State:	2.9%

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

Here:	100.0%
South Carolina:	95.4%

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

This Nursing Home:	99.5%
State:	97.2%

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

This Nursing Home:	84.0%
State:	86.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	31.9%
State:	21.5%

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.540
South Carolina:	0.670

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

This Nursing Home:	0.790
South Carolina:	0.934

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.330
South Carolina:	1.602

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.030
South Carolina:	0.077

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.030
South Carolina:	0.079

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
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Fire-resistant room wall surfaces
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide doctors orders for the resident's immediate care, at the time the resident was admitted
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each residents' abilities in activities of daily living do not decline, unless unavoidable
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- 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
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
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: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

VETERANS VICTORY HOUSE - WALTERBORO, SC

Quality Measures

Staff Information

Complaint Deficiency

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