Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center

Ardmore Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Ardmore, Tennessee. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires solid scores in most areas. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this place. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is among the more impressive figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by both of these figures. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls resulting in major injury, this facility performed as well as any facility Tennessee.

The third category we assessed is short-term care. This facility was awarded a first-rate short-term care score. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most important for folks needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. This place fared respectably with 47.1 percent of its residents returning home.

The next area we looked at is long-term care. This facility received a very good long-term care grade in our assessment, with a grade of C. Although this is not quite as impressive as many of its other category grades, this remains an acceptable grade for that category. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. On top of looking at the very solid quantity of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the facility's record for vaccinations. By way of example, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.666664 percent of its patients, which is an impressive total. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.93 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.