Crockett County Care Center

To pair with a strong overall grade, we gave this facility an A+ for our inspection category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its fine resume, this facility also was awarded a strong long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing category includes quite a few datapoints, many of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In our last category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for our short-term care rating. This finished off a very favorable report card. Short-term care ratings are critical for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.