AHC Clarksville is a nursing home in Clarksville, Tennessee, which has 151,785 people. With a rock bottom overall grade of F, this nursing home didn't fare well in our assessment. This nursing home is about as bad as it gets. In spite of all this, this nursing home did just fine in our inspections category, which you can read more about below.
AHC Clarksville
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it earned a very impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that area with a grade of A-. Inspection ratings are based on several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's next most favorable score is long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared somewhat badly. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to resident care. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to just 57.088123 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at was short-term care. This nursing home's was given a low-end short-term care score where it was given a lowly F. Our short-term care ratings are vital for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Based on its score in this category, we weren't surprised to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the data we looked at. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we looked at was nursing. We gave it an F in this category, which is a very poor score. In computing our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. With just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
AHC Clarksville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In AHC Clarksville, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In AHC Clarksville, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In AHC Clarksville, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In AHC Clarksville, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In AHC Clarksville, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In AHC Clarksville, 9.05% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In AHC Clarksville, 89.05% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In AHC Clarksville, 16.44% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In AHC Clarksville, 24.2% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In AHC Clarksville, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In AHC Clarksville, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In AHC Clarksville, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In AHC Clarksville, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Clarksville, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Clarksville, Tennessee has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Tennova Healthcare-ClarksvilleAcute Care Hospitals 0.44 miles away651 Dunlop Lane Clarksville Tennessee 37040Proprietary(931) 502-1000
- Blanchfield Ach (Ft Campbell)Acute Care - Department of Defense 10.66 miles away650 Joel Drive Fort Campbell Kentucky 42223Department of Defense(270) 798-8400
Nearby Dialysis
- Clarksville North Dialysis1.45 miles away3071 Clay Lewis Road Clarksville Tennessee 37040Dialysis Stations: 13 (931) 552-0644
- Dci Cumberland4.2 miles away312 Landrum Place Clarksville Tennessee 37043Dialysis Stations: 28 (931) 645-1236
- Clarksville Dialysis4.3 miles away231 Hillcrest Drive Clarksville Tennessee 37043CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (931) 645-9694
- Davita Fort Campbell Dialysis7.33 miles away1459 Fort Campbell Blvd Clarksville Tennessee 37042Dialysis Stations: 13 (931) 552-6491