With an address in Johnson City, Tennessee, Agape - A Waters Community is one of seven available facilities in the area. With an overall rating of B+, this is a very good facility. Based on our ratings, you can do much worse than this facility. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Agape - A Waters Community
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this area. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its first-rate long-term care grade. We gave them one of our most favorable scores in that category, with a score of A. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 94.53781 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of B-. In crafting these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing. We awarded this facility a solid grade in this area, with a C. Although this isn't on par with some of this facility's other scores, it is still not a poor grade. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this metric.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Agape - A Waters Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Agape - A Waters Community, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Agape - A Waters Community, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients which experienced a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Agape - A Waters Community, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Agape - A Waters Community, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Agape - A Waters Community, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Agape - A Waters Community, 9.05% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Agape - A Waters Community, 89.05% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Agape - A Waters Community, 16.44% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Agape - A Waters Community, 24.2% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels. Many believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Agape - A Waters Community, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Agape - A Waters Community, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Agape - A Waters Community, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Agape - A Waters Community, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Johnson City, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Johnson City, Tennessee has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Johnson City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.97 miles away400 N State of Franklin Rd Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 431-6111
- Franklin Woods Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.83 miles away300 Med Tech Parkway Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 302-1120
- Sycamore Shoals HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.09 miles away1501 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 542-1300
- Unicoi County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.77 miles away2030 Temple Hill Road Erwin Tennessee 37650Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 743-3141
- Indian Path Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.19 miles away2000 Brookside Dr Kingsport Tennessee 37660Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 431-1941
- Holston Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.38 miles away130 West Ravine Road Kingsport Tennessee 37662Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 224-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Tn Smokie Mountain Dialysis2.47 miles away2320 Knob Creek Road Suite 408 Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 2 (423) 232-1969
- Davita Tennessee Valley Dial Cntr2.58 miles away107 Woodlawn Dr Suite 100 Johnson City Tennessee 37604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 926-2976
- Fmc Johnson City2.62 miles away100 Technology Lane Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 17 (423) 929-7181
- Fmc Elizabethton6.31 miles away1210 Militia Court Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Dialysis Stations: 13 (423) 542-8208
- Fmc Kingsport18.13 miles away2002 Brookside Drive Suite 101 Kingsport Tennessee 37660CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (423) 245-6464