Christian Care Center of Memphis is one of a variety of options to choose from in Memphis, Tennessee. We gave this nursing home a strong overall score of B+. As a matter of fact, it turned out to be the fifth best facility in Memphis according to our rankings. You could definitely do much worse than this place. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Christian Care Center of Memphis
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
6500 Kirby Gate Boulevard,
Memphis TN 38119
66% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received first-rate health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that area, with a score of B+. Short-term care grades are important for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were extremely impressed to find that this facility offers its residents substantially more physical therapist hours than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Tennessee in this area with 65.5 percent of its patients returning home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this area. For residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 91.62011 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we expected but still a respectable percentage. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.33 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed was nursing. This nursing home was given an impressive nursing score in our assessment, with a grade of B. This nursing home truly does not have any weak links. When computing our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Christian Care Center of Memphis Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 9.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 3.51% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 3.12% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 15.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 29.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 8.77% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 89.84% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 16.62% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 26.14% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 1.21 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 26.14 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 11.25 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Christian Care Center of Memphis, 72.83% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Memphis, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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