Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized hospital-based facility located in Tazewell, Tennessee. This facility was given an A- overall, which is one of our higher scores. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. This facility also received consistently good ratings in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving an elite overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ inspection score. This is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection ratings are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this nursing home received a high-end grade of A in our short-term care area. Short-term care grades are typically used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was long-term care. This nursing home received a favorable long-term care score, with a grade of B+ in the area. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next area, this nursing home was given a highly favorable nursing grade. While this is not nearly as dominant as some of its other category grades, this remains one of our stronger grades we offer. Nursing grades are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which have suffered falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.36% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 31.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.88% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 98% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.71% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 27.5% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 27.5% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.95% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 60.63% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Claiborne Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away1850 Old Knoxville Highway Tazewell Tennessee 37879Government - Local(423) 626-4211
- Hancock County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 6.24 miles away1519 Main Street Hwy 33 Sneedville Tennessee 37869Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 733-5001
- Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Healthcare HospitAcute Care Hospitals 13.93 miles away3600 West Cumberland Avenue Middlesboro Kentucky 40965Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 242-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Appalachian Dialysis1.86 miles away503 Elm Avenue New Tazewell Tennessee 37825Dialysis Stations: 14 (423) 626-1242