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Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman

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Updated Oct 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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135 E Swan St,
Centerville TN 37033

(931) 729-4271

61% estimated occupancy 1

Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman is a senior living facility located in Centerville, Tennessee. The city has 7,805 people. This nursing home turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this facility. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • X-Ray
  • Optometry
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee badge

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Centerville, Tennessee badge

Best Nursing Home in Centerville, Tennessee Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee badge

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Centerville, Tennessee badge

Best Nursing Home in Centerville, Tennessee Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B+. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Our nursing score analyzes several datapoints, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is far below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to the fourth category, this nursing home was given a grade of B- in long-term care, which we consider to be a decent grade. With our long-term care grade, we focus more on the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, as well as a series of qualitative statistics. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.85058 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 9.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 10.34% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that have had falls leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 6.9% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 22.97% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 31.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 1.25% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 99.43% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 17.95% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 31.29% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman, 31.29% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bio-Medical Applications of Tennessee, Inc.0.38 miles away193 Brown Junction Road Centerville Tennessee 37033Dialysis Stations: 13 (931) 729-0810
  • Dialysis Clinic Inc. (Camp Okawehna)11.72 miles awayRoute 1 Lick Creek Road Lyles Tennessee 37098Dialysis Stations: 8 (615) 327-3061