Nursing home report
Registered name: Sprenger Healthcare of Bluffton
Bluffton, SC · Medicare-certified · 60 beds
Sprenger Health Care Bluffton has a 5 out of 5 overall rating, with 5 out of 5 for health inspections and 4 out of 5 for quality measures. Staffing is a weaker point at 3 out of 5, with reported nurse staffing of 3.58 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark; there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.5783 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5783.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
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
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
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.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
