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Life Care Center of Hixson

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Grade: A-minus
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5798 Hixson Home Place,
Hixson TN 37343

(423) 842-0049

73.33% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Hixson is in Hixson, Tennessee. This city has a total of 40,042 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our higher scores. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the country. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

  • 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
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also earned A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections are nearly flawless. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

On the list of its many impressive scores, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in this area. In forming these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our score in this area. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we scored was long-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of C. While this wound up being its least impressive category grade, this is still not a major area of concern. For patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 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

Life Care Center of Hixson Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 9.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 3.57% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 0.6% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percent of long-term care patients which were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 25.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 1.99% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents showing signs of depression. Some experts would argue this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 88.66% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 21.38% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 34.24% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 34.24% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 22% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Hixson, 71.61% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Memorial Healthcare System, IncAcute Care Hospitals 8.18 miles away2525 Desales Ave Chattanooga Tennessee 37404Voluntary non-profit - Church(423) 495-2525
  • Erlanger Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.43 miles away975 E 3rd St Chattanooga Tennessee 37403Government - Hospital District or Authority(423) 778-7000
  • Parkridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.75 miles away2333 Mccallie Ave Chattanooga Tennessee 37404Proprietary(423) 894-4220
  • Chi Memorial Hospital- GeorgiaAcute Care Hospitals 14.38 miles away100 Gross Crescent Circle Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 30742Proprietary(770) 874-5400
  • Tennova Healthcare-ClevelandAcute Care Hospitals 19.6 miles away2305 Chambliss Ave Nw Cleveland Tennessee 37311Proprietary(423) 339-4132

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dci Hixson2.29 miles away1816 Hamill Rd. Hixson Tennessee 37343Dialysis Stations: 12 (423) 875-0020
  • Kidney Center of Hwy 584.49 miles away4803 Hwy 58 Suite B Chattanooga Tennessee 37416CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (423) 468-3178
  • Chattanooga Kidney Center North, LLC5.47 miles away649 Morrison Springs Road Chattanooga Tennessee 37415CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (423) 468-1000
  • Chattanooga Kidney Center6.71 miles away2118 Stein Drive Chattanooga Tennessee 37421CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (423) 648-4900
  • Dci Chattanooga 3rd St8.34 miles away1425 East Third Street Chattanooga Tennessee 37404CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (423) 698-0927
  • Dci Lyerly8.4 miles away2300 East Third Street Suite A Chattanooga Tennessee 37404Dialysis Stations: 26 (423) 698-6422
  • Kidney Center of Missionary Ridge, LLC9.11 miles away3810 Brainerd Road Chattanooga Tennessee 37411CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 71 (423) 486-9510
  • Kidney Center of Ooltewah-Collegedale, LLC9.39 miles away5483 Little Debbie Pkwy Ooltewah Tennessee 37363Dialysis Stations: 28 (423) 541-3450