With an address in Johnson City, Tennessee, Life Care Center of Gray is one of seven available facilities there. This nursing home a respectable overall grade of B-, which resulted in it being ranked among the top three nursing homes in the city. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Life Care Center of Gray
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
The main reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with an A+. This is a notably better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received high marks in the area of long-term care, with an impressive score of A- in this category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this facility just a D for our short-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services To have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. In this place's case, we found that it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we analyzed is nursing, which proved to be this facility's weakest area. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is certainly very concerning. We looked at the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our score in this area. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. On top of receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Gray Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of Gray, 8.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Gray, 3.15% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Gray, 3.66% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that have experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Gray, 34.68% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Gray, 50% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Gray, 1.25% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Gray, 97.37% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Gray, 14.98% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Gray, 26.94% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Gray, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Gray, 26.94% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Gray, 8.38% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Gray, 76.72% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Johnson City, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Johnson City, Tennessee has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Franklin Woods Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.1 miles away300 Med Tech Parkway Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 302-1120
- Johnson City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.29 miles away400 N State of Franklin Rd Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 431-6111
- Indian Path Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.89 miles away2000 Brookside Dr Kingsport Tennessee 37660Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 431-1941
- Sycamore Shoals HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.35 miles away1501 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 542-1300
- Holston Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.93 miles away130 West Ravine Road Kingsport Tennessee 37662Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 224-4000
- Unicoi County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.64 miles away2030 Temple Hill Road Erwin Tennessee 37650Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 743-3141
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Johnson City5.25 miles away100 Technology Lane Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 17 (423) 929-7181
- Tn Smokie Mountain Dialysis5.27 miles away2320 Knob Creek Road Suite 408 Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 2 (423) 232-1969
- Davita Tennessee Valley Dial Cntr7.09 miles away107 Woodlawn Dr Suite 100 Johnson City Tennessee 37604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 926-2976
- Fmc Kingsport10.82 miles away2002 Brookside Drive Suite 101 Kingsport Tennessee 37660CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (423) 245-6464
- Fmc Elizabethton11.4 miles away1210 Militia Court Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Dialysis Stations: 13 (423) 542-8208
- Fmc West Kingsport14.16 miles away3600 Netherland Inn Road Kingsport Tennessee 37660CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (423) 230-0461
- Fmc Bristol18.55 miles away2530 W. State St Bristol Tennessee 37620Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 764-4044