Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg's website

1653 Mooresville Highway,
Lewisburg TN 37091

(931) 359-4506

83.5% estimated occupancy ¹

Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg is a senior living facility in Lewisburg, Tennessee. This city has 21,005 people. Sporting an overall rating of A, this nursing home is among the most impressive facilities we looked at. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in Tennessee. If you look further down this page, you can see this facility's category scores, which are also impressive.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We gave them an A+ in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 71.031746 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspections. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score consists of a handful of datapoints, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Turning to the next area, this facility was given an extremely favorable short-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in that category, finishing off one of our better profiles. In our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 9.05% of Patients

This is the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 89.05% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 16.44% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 24.2% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 11.03 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Nhc Healthcare, Lewisburg, 73.13% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Marshall Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 1.84 miles away1080 North Ellington Parkway Lewisburg Tennessee 37091Government - Hospital District or Authority(931) 359-6276
Behavioral Healthcare Center at ColumbiaPsychiatric 17.08 miles away1400 Rosewood Drive Columbia Tennessee 38401Proprietary(931) 388-6573
Maury Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.4 miles away1224 Trotwood Ave Columbia Tennessee 38401Government - Local(931) 381-1111

Nearby Dialysis

Dialysis Associates, LLC1.85 miles away1030 War Eagle Drive Lewisburg Tennessee 37091Dialysis Stations: 13 (931) 359-1940
Columbia Dialysis16.73 miles away1705 Grove Drive Columbia Tennessee 38401Dialysis Stations: 18 (931) 381-4445
Fmc Columbia17.75 miles away861 West James Campbell Blvd Columbia Tennessee 38401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 42 (931) 380-9099