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880 Carolina Avenue
Sumter, SC 29150
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| Type of Ownership | For profit - Corporation |
| Participates in Medicare? | Yes |
| Participates in Medicaid? | Yes |
| Certified Beds | 176 |
| Continuing Care? | No |
| Resident Council? | Yes |
| Family Council? | No |
| Multi-Home Chain? | No |
| Located in a Hospital? | No |
| Special Focus Facility? | No |
View: Health Inspections | Quality Measures | Staffing | Fire Inspections
| Date of last standard health inspection: | 04/14/2011 |
| Quality Indicator Survey | No |
| Dates of Complaint Investigations: | 04/01/2011 - 03/31/2012 |
| Total number of Health Deficiencies for this nursing home: | 0 |
| Average number of Health Deficiencies in SC: | 3 |
| Average number of Health Deficiencies in US: | 3 |
| Range of Health Deficiencies in SC: | 0 - 7 |
Quality Care Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | 02/00/2006 | 01/05/2007 | 2 | Few |
Administration Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Many |
| Ensure laboratory services, blood blanks and transfusion services provided on site meet requirements for certified laboratories; or have an agreement to obtain services from an offsite laboratory, that meets the same requirements. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 1 | Many |
| Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Many |
Environmental Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Some |
| Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Many |
| Keep all essential equipment working safely. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Some |
Mistreatment Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| 1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Few |
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Many |
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Some |
Quality Care Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Many |
| Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Few |
Resident Assessment Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Few |
Resident Rights Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Few |
| Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. | 01/04/2004 | 00/08/2005 | 2 | Many |
Quality Care Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | 01/03/2002 | 02/09/2003 | 2 | Few |
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 01/03/2002 | 02/09/2003 | 2 | Some |
Resident Rights Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | 01/03/2002 | 02/09/2003 | 2 | Few |
Administration Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 1 | Many |
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Few |
| Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Some |
| Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Few |
Quality Care Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Few |
| Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Few |
| Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | 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. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Few |
| Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Some |
Resident Assessment Deficiencies |
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| Deficiency | Inspection Date | Correction Date | Level of Harm | Residents Affected |
| Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients. | 01/00/2002 | 00/07/2003 | 2 | Few |
Information comes from data that the nursing home reports to its state agency. It contains the nursing home staffing hours for a two-week period prior to the time of the state inspection. CMS receives this data and converts it into the number of staff hours per resident per day.
| National Average | Average in SC | Golden Living Center, Asheville | |
| RN Staff Only1 | N/A | N/A | 3 out of 5 stars |
| Total Number of Residents | 85 | 89 | 164 |
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Total, Licensed Nurse Staff Hours per Resident per Day |
15 hours 26 minutes | 6 hours 9 minutes | 1 hour 12 minutes |
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RN Hours per Resident per Day |
14 hours 37 minutes | 5 hours 14 minutes | 31 minutes |
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LPN/LVN Hours per Resident per Day |
14 hours 52 minutes | 5 hours 29 minutes | 41 minutes |
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CNA Hours per Resident per Day |
16 hours 21 minutes | 7 hours 1 minute | 1 hour 51 minutes |
1 The star rating a nursing home received for the information it provided about its Registered Nurse (RN) staffing. RNs have between 2 and 6 years of education.
Information comes from data that the nursing home reports to its state agency. It contains the nursing home staffing hours for a two-week period prior to the time of the state inspection. CMS receives this data and converts it into the number of staff hours per resident per day.
Lists the fire safety requirements that the nursing home failed to meet. Fire safety results are not included in the nursing home's Overall Rating.
| Automatic Sprinkler Systems in all required areas | Yes |
| Date of last standard fire safety inspection: | 04/20/2011 |
| Dates of Complaint Investigations: | 04/01/2011 - 03/31/2012 |
| Total number of Fire Safety Deficiencies for this nursing home: | 0 |
| Average number of Fire Safety Deficiencies in SC: | 0 |
| Average number of Fire Safety Deficiencies in US: | 2 |
| Range of Fire Safety Deficiencies in SC: | 0 - 0 |