Nursing home report
Bluffton, SC · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
Sprenger Healthcare of Bluffton has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, with 5-star health inspection and quality ratings but a 3-star staffing rating. Reported nurse staffing is 3.69 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6869 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6869.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited November 2022 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: J
The nursing home failed to keep medication mistakes below the allowed level. Cited November 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 759 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(1) — S/S: E
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited November 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited November 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors. Cited November 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 760 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(2) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
