Christian Care Center of Memphis

Christian Care Center of Memphis is one of a variety of options to choose from in Memphis, Tennessee. With an A overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. In our view, this facility ought to be a no brainer for most people. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This first-rate facility also performed well in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A+. Few facilities fared better in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of providing elite levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.25 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was close to the national average since it had some more complex patients.

We also would like to alert you to the fact that this facility was given a first-rate score of A- in our short-term care category. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Tennessee in this area with 71.1 percent of its residents returning home.

The last category we assessed was nursing. We awarded this nursing home a solid score in that category, with a B-. Even though this isn't as high as some of its other grades, it is nevertheless not a major area of concern. Nursing scores are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the higher totals we found. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this metric. Avoiding major falls is often a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses and better safety protocols are in place.