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Life Care Center of Ooltewah

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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5911 Snow Hill Road,
Ooltewah TN 37363

(423) 531-0600

61.08% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Ooltewah is the lone facility located in Ooltewah, Tennessee. This facility was given an A- overall, which is one of our best grades. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all facilities nationally. The best part of this facility's strong report card is its inspection score. We discuss inspections 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
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Ooltewah, Tennessee badge

Best Nursing Home in Ooltewah, Tennessee Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home performed remarkably in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an exemplary score of A+ in this category. In calculating these short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The last category we looked at was long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a solid grade of C. This is this facility's least impressive category. Our long-term care scores are based on the facility's volume of care. This includes a vast range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.73418 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably 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 Ooltewah Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 44.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 1.3% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percent of long-term care residents which had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 7.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 22.95% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 1.33% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 97.52% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 22.03% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 37.7% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures 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 Ooltewah, 37.7% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 18.48% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Ooltewah, 88.12% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Memorial Healthcare System, IncAcute Care Hospitals 11.63 miles away2525 Desales Ave Chattanooga Tennessee 37404Voluntary non-profit - Church(423) 495-2525
  • Parkridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.19 miles away2333 Mccallie Ave Chattanooga Tennessee 37404Proprietary(423) 894-4220
  • Tennova Healthcare-ClevelandAcute Care Hospitals 12.75 miles away2305 Chambliss Ave Nw Cleveland Tennessee 37311Proprietary(423) 339-4132
  • Erlanger Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.11 miles away975 E 3rd St Chattanooga Tennessee 37403Government - Hospital District or Authority(423) 778-7000
  • Chi Memorial Hospital- GeorgiaAcute Care Hospitals 14.98 miles away100 Gross Crescent Circle Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 30742Proprietary(770) 874-5400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Kidney Center of Ooltewah-Collegedale, LLC0.67 miles away5483 Little Debbie Pkwy Ooltewah Tennessee 37363Dialysis Stations: 28 (423) 541-3450
  • Kidney Center of Hwy 586.85 miles away4803 Hwy 58 Suite B Chattanooga Tennessee 37416CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (423) 468-3178
  • Chattanooga Kidney Center7.18 miles away2118 Stein Drive Chattanooga Tennessee 37421CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (423) 648-4900
  • Dci Hixson10 miles away1816 Hamill Rd. Hixson Tennessee 37343Dialysis Stations: 12 (423) 875-0020
  • Kidney Center of Missionary Ridge, LLC11.14 miles away3810 Brainerd Road Chattanooga Tennessee 37411CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 71 (423) 486-9510
  • Dci East Ridge11.33 miles away6104 North Mack Smith Rd. Chattanooga Tennessee 37412Dialysis Stations: 24 (423) 894-8133
  • Dci Lyerly11.96 miles away2300 East Third Street Suite A Chattanooga Tennessee 37404Dialysis Stations: 26 (423) 698-6422
  • Kidney Center of North Georgia, LLC12.29 miles away102 Erlanger South Drive Ringgold Georgia 30736CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (706) 820-6605