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Tennova Newport Convalescent Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Tennova Newport Convalescent Center's website

450 College St,
Newport TN 37821

(423) 625-2200

84.28% estimated occupancy 1

Tennova Newport Convalescent Center is one of only two nursing homes located in Newport, Tennessee. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. In addition, this facility is also located in a hospital, which often means the nursing home offers more extensive medical services. As you will find below, this facility also performed well in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

On top of receiving a solid overall score, this nursing home also earned a strong inspection score, which is associated with the facility's recent inspections. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing. We gave it a grade of B+ for that category. Nursing grades are largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home was awarded a strong long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a score of B. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished assessing the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 72.72727 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next area we rated was short-term care. In this category, we awarded this facility an above average grade of B. In computing these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Tennova Newport Convalescent Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 6.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 2.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 3.03% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 38.82% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 26.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 1.87% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 82.43% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 28.75% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 28% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Tennova Newport Convalescent Center, 28% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Tennova Healthcare-Newport Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.04 miles away435 2nd St Newport Tennessee 37821Voluntary non-profit - Church(423) 625-2200
  • Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationAcute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away908 W 4th North St Morristown Tennessee 37814Government - Local(423) 586-4231

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Dialysis Newport0.77 miles away119 Hedrick Street Newport Tennessee 37821CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 613-9000
  • Fmc Morristown18.01 miles away420 W. Morris Blvd., Ste 110 Morristown Tennessee 37813CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (423) 587-8395
  • Morristown Dialysis18.18 miles away120 Pearce Drive Morristown Tennessee 37814Dialysis Stations: 20 (423) 587-3537