Loln Donalson Care Centers

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Loln Donalson Care Centers's website

501 Amana Avenue,
Fayetteville TN 37334

(931) 433-6146

54.7% estimated occupancy ¹

Loln Donalson Care Centers is one of a mere two nursing homes in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Featuring an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. This facility didn't have any redeeming qualities. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was short-term care, which is discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Government - County
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Colostomy Care
Blood Administration
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home fared well in the area of short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B for that area. Our short-term care ratings are likely most critical for residents needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a low total compared to most other nursing homes. Lastly, our nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

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Long-term Care Quality

We gave this facility a grade of just D for our long-term care rating. This is not one of our better scores. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this facility gave the vaccine to only 83.072105 percent of its patients, which is somewhat alarming. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

The final category we assessed was inspections. This facility did not receive favorable inspection reports in recent years. In fact, we had to give it an F in this category. When a facility has this bad of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This facility was assessed one category J or K deficiency, which are among the worst categories of deficiencies. These categories mean that the government inspectors uncovered a deficiency which places resident safety or health in imminent danger. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed large government fines of over $100,000. This often suggests that a nursing home's poor performance has been an issue for multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Loln Donalson Care Centers Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs

This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 9.05% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts believe this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 89.05% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 16.44% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 24.2% Percentage of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Loln Donalson Care Centers, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.