Life Care Center of Copper Basin
166 Copper Basin Industrial Park PO Box 518, Ducktown TN 37326 · (423) 496-3245 · 52.22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Life Care Center of Copper Basin is a nursing home located in Ducktown, Tennessee, which has 467 people. Featuring an overall rating of B-, this is a solid facility. This facility seems to have some things going for it. The best part of this place's profile was its stellar inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 135 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. This is far better than the facility's overall rating. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a B in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Tennessee in this area with 57.6 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities next most favorable category was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road score in this category. In determining our long-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's personal care services. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.42857 percent of its residents. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.32 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated is nursing. We awarded this facility a D in our nursing category, rendering this its least impressive category grade. We scrutinized the levels of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with residents, in computing our grade in this area. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Copper Basin Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize 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 tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better