Center on Aging and Health
880 South Mohawk Drive, Erwin TN 37650 · (423) 743-7669 · 75.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Located in Erwin, Tennessee, Center on Aging and Health is one of just three available facilities in this area. Featuring an overall score of B, this appears to be a good facility. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Erwin. The best part of this facility's impressive profile is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its favorable overall score, we gave this nursing home an A+ for the area of inspections. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category scores came in the area of long-term care. We gave them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.18 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This facility was above average in several of the major metrics we assessed, with good scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These datapoints are generally accurate indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final area, this facility was given an acceptable short-term care grade of C. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more critical for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 11.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients return home so this place is below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Center on Aging and Health Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better