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Life Care Center of Morgan County

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Life Care Center of Morgan County's website

419 South Kingston Street,
Wartburg TN 37887

(423) 346-6691

60.88% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Wartburg, Tennessee, Life Care Center of Morgan County is the only option we were able to find in the city. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. In our view, this place should be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this facility's profile was its stellar inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • 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

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Additionally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was awarded favorable short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a B. This proved to be the facility's second best grade. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is typically a solid assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The third highest category we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a C. In forming these long-term care scores, we quantify the facility's personal care services. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility administered the vaccine to 99.62264 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable percentage. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The last area we rated is nursing, which was this nursing home's least impressive area. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that area. Nursing scores are primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. This nursing home also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its low nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers. This facility was at more than twice the national average in this datapoint.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Life Care Center of Morgan County Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 15.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 3.02% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 26.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 32.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 12.75% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 98.06% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 18.1% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 26.1% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

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

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 26.1% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 13.13% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Morgan County, 79.23% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Roane Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.8 miles away8045 Roane Medical Center Drive Harriman Tennessee 37748Government - Hospital District or Authority(865) 316-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Roane County15.43 miles away1662 Roane State Hwy Harriman Tennessee 37748Dialysis Stations: 19 (865) 717-1032
  • Kingston Dialysis15.8 miles away1208 N Kentucky St Kingston Tennessee 37763Dialysis Stations: 16 (865) 248-8006

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=445239