Laurelbrook Nursing Home is one of a mere two available facilities located in Dayton, Tennessee. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable rating. Based on our ratings, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. We were also pleased to find that this place did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Laurelbrook Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Jan 1, 2020 by Nick Reese
Note: Data for Laurelbrook Nursing Home has not been updated recently. This page shows historical performance which may not be representitive of current service levels.
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- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a quality overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Our inspection scores are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category score. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.113205 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. The nursing category is based on several components, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is a decent grade in this area. Short-term care grades are often used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. We weren't able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Laurelbrook Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 3.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 5.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 3.8% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 17.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 23.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 22.79% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 97.34% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 28.83% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 23.39% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 0.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Laurelbrook Nursing Home, 23.39% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Rhea Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 7.98 miles away9400 Rhea County Highway Dayton Tennessee 37321Government - Local(423) 775-1121
- Erlanger Bledsoe HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 9.71 miles away71 Wheelertown Avenue Pikeville Tennessee 37367Government - Hospital District or Authority(423) 447-2112
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci Dayton7.92 miles away230 White Oak Road Dayton Tennessee 37321CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (423) 775-3386