With an address in Covington, Tennessee, AHC Covington Care is the lone facility we found in the area. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this is undoubtedly a high quality nursing home. Based on our assessment, this place is just about as as good as it gets. The best aspect of this facility's impressive profile is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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AHC Covington Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can offer a facility. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing grade weighs a host of factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 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 country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning patients more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home received a B+. This rounded out a very impressive profile. Few nursing homes received a B+ or better in each of our categories. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is more often than not a solid measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
AHC Covington Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In AHC Covington Care, 8.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In AHC Covington Care, 3.29% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In AHC Covington Care, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In AHC Covington Care, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In AHC Covington Care, 29.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that were given antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In AHC Covington Care, 9.14% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In AHC Covington Care, 88.31% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In AHC Covington Care, 17.11% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In AHC Covington Care, 20.35% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In AHC Covington Care, 1.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In AHC Covington Care, 20.35 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In AHC Covington Care, 11.68 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In AHC Covington Care, 74.44% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonAcute Care Hospitals 1.7 miles away1995 Highway 51 S Covington Tennessee 38019Voluntary non-profit - Church(901) 476-2621
- Lauderdale Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.61 miles away326 Asbury Avenue Ripley Tennessee 38063Proprietary(731) 221-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Care Center Tipton County LLC1.55 miles away1921 Hwy us51 S Suite F Covington Tennessee 38019Dialysis Stations: 4 (901) 313-9030
- Tipton County Dialysis1.79 miles away107 Tennessee Avenue Covington Tennessee 38019Dialysis Stations: 13 (901) 475-0410
- Fmc Tipton County2.01 miles away2047 Highway 51 South Covington Tennessee 38019Dialysis Stations: 15 (901) 475-1555
- Ripley Dialysis Center14.49 miles away854 Hwy 51 S Ripley Tennessee 38063CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (731) 221-1883
- Fmc Millington16.03 miles away7840 Church Street Millington Tennessee 38053Dialysis Stations: 16 (901) 873-0920
- Davita Millington19.69 miles away8510 Wilkinsville Road Suite 121 Millington Tennessee 38053Dialysis Stations: 12 (901) 873-3302