Life Care Center of Cleveland
3530 Keith St Nw, Cleveland TN 37311 · (423) 476-3254 · 80.98% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Life Care Center of Cleveland is a large nursing home in Cleveland, Tennessee. Featuring an overall score of B, this is a fine nursing home. Based on our ratings, this facility has quite a bit going for it. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 142 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this place also earned top notch health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in this category, with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. We gave them one of our stronger scores in that category, with a grade of B+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a reliable measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were quite impressed to discover that this nursing home provides its patients measurably more hours of physical therapy than most other facilities. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Tennessee in this area with 66.4 percent of its patients returning home. With most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest area was its long-term care grade, where it was awarded a grade of B-. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 95.06173 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Although it had 2.13 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not too far off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we looked at is nursing. We awarded this nursing home a D in the area of nursing, rendering this its weakest grade. Nursing ratings are mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also didn't fare as well as we hoped in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Cleveland Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better