Diversicare of Claiborne is a large nursing home in New Tazewell, Tennessee. This nursing home is a relatively poor facility. A grade of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in New Tazewell. If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Diversicare of Claiborne
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing rating assesses several subcategories, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat alarming figure as it is well below average. Lastly, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of short-term care, this facility received just a D in this area. Short-term care scores are important for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.1 percent of its residents returning home. This was well below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is long-term care. We gave it an F in this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diversicare of Claiborne Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 5.39% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 6.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 1.63% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 31.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 37.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 14.09% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 97.46% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 21.48% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 23.46% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 23.46% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 18.52% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Diversicare of Claiborne, 88.76% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Claiborne Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.97 miles away1850 Old Knoxville Highway Tazewell Tennessee 37879Government - Local(423) 626-4211
- Hancock County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 7.11 miles away1519 Main Street Hwy 33 Sneedville Tennessee 37869Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 733-5001
- Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Healthcare HospitAcute Care Hospitals 13.5 miles away3600 West Cumberland Avenue Middlesboro Kentucky 40965Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 242-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Appalachian Dialysis0.95 miles away503 Elm Avenue New Tazewell Tennessee 37825Dialysis Stations: 14 (423) 626-1242