Community Care of Rutherford is one of seven available facilities located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This nursing home proved to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Murfreesboro. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive long-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Community Care of Rutherford
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really fared well in long-term care, where it earned an A-. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in that area. Our short-term care grades are arguably more important for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Community Care of Rutherford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Community Care of Rutherford, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients which developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Community Care of Rutherford, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Community Care of Rutherford, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that suffered from a UTI. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Community Care of Rutherford, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Community Care of Rutherford, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Community Care of Rutherford, 9.05% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Community Care of Rutherford, 89.05% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Community Care of Rutherford, 16.44% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Community Care of Rutherford, 24.2% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility. Some experts would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Community Care of Rutherford, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Community Care of Rutherford, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Community Care of Rutherford, 11.03 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Community Care of Rutherford, 73.13% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Murfreesboro, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Murfreesboro, Tennessee has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.79 miles away1700 Medical Center Parkway Murfreesboro Tennessee 37129Voluntary non-profit - Church(615) 396-4100
- Tennova Healthcare-ShelbyvilleAcute Care Hospitals 14.52 miles away2835 Hwy 231 North Shelbyville Tennessee 37160Proprietary(931) 685-5433
- Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.48 miles away200 Stonecrest Boulevard Smyrna Tennessee 37167Proprietary(615) 768-2000
- Saint Thomas Stones River HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.98 miles away324 Doolittle Road Woodbury Tennessee 37190Proprietary(615) 563-4001
Nearby Dialysis
- Murfreesboro Dialysis6.53 miles away1346 Dow St. Murfreesboro Tennessee 37130Dialysis Stations: 12 (615) 890-7270
- Dialysis Assoc. Of Murfreesboro-Ht6.98 miles away1524 Williams Drive, Suite 200 Murfreesboro Tennessee 37129Dialysis Stations: 8 (615) 904-6994
- Dci Murfreesboro7.06 miles away1617 Williams Drive Suite 100 Murfreesboro Tennessee 37129CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (615) 890-7741
- Dci Shelbyville14.35 miles away120 Frank Martin Rd. Suite 202 Shelbyville Tennessee 37160CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (931) 684-3040
- Fmc Dialysis Assoc. Of Smyrna16.73 miles away10519 Cedar Grove Rd Smyrna Tennessee 37167Dialysis Stations: 16 (615) 220-1739
- Davita Smyrna17.58 miles away537 Stonecrest Pkwy Suite 110 Smyrna Tennessee 37167Dialysis Stations: 8 (615) 220-2716