Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Ardmore, Tennessee. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some decent marks. Based on our ratings, there are certainly much worse places out there. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home earned favorable marks in the area of long-term care this year. We awarded them a solid grade in that area, with a B+. This ended up being the facility's top grade and helped its profile quite a bit. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned a strong inspection grade. Inspection grades are based on the facility's recent health inspections. We gave this facility a B in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a solid score in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more critical for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our next category, this facility received an acceptable nursing score of B-. Nursing ratings are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, our nursing scores also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.05% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 89.05% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.44% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 24.2% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Athens Limestone HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.13 miles away700 West Market Street Athens Alabama 35611Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 233-9292
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiAcute Care Hospitals 15.14 miles away1265 E College St Pulaski Tennessee 38478Proprietary(931) 363-7531
Nearby Dialysis
- Dva Healthcare Renal Care Inc15.56 miles away15953 Athens Limestone Drive Athens Alabama 35613CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (256) 233-4730
- Renal Treatment Centers Southeast Lp16.3 miles away16236 Lucas Ferry Road Athens Alabama 35611Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 233-3965
- Dialysis Associates, LLC16.43 miles away110 Ivy Lane Pulaski Tennessee 38478Dialysis Stations: 17 (931) 424-6666
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc19.52 miles away11839 Highway 231-431 North Meridianville Alabama 35759CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (256) 828-3128