Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized non-profit facility in Tazewell, Tennessee. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the best grades we offer. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it as one of the top 25 nursing homes in Tennessee. This also ended up being a very consistent facility with consistent ratings in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has 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 performing well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. 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 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score analyzes several factors, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a patient more often.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next area, this facility was awarded an extremely favorable long-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that area, giving this facility straight A's. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.12663 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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, 8.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.29% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients which have had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 29.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.14% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 88.31% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.11% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.35% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.35 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.68 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center, 74.44% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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