Advanced Health Care of Nashville

One of the many reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this very important category. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It outpaced most facilities in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. It does not appear that this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. There are many factors included in this area. Most of the subcategories are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a patient even once per day.

In the last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our long-term care score. This topped off a very strong report card. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided vaccination data. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.