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NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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300 Laboratory Rd,
Oak Ridge TN 37831

(865) 482-7698

82.26% estimated occupancy 1

NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge is a large facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is among the top grades we offer. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the United States. This place also received very consistent ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • 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
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee badge

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee badge

Best Nursing Home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee badge

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee badge

Best Nursing Home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee badge

Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee badge

Best Nursing Home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of faring well overall, this nursing home earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility also was dominant in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. Only a select group of nursing homes fared better in this category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

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. The nursing grade consists of many factors, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a patient more often.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last area we scored was this nursing home's worst area. However, even its lowest point would actually be a strength for many facilities. We gave it a strong grade of B for our long-term care category. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 91.83006 percent of its residents, which is a few points lower than we were hoping for. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, 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

NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 6.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 1.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 10.88% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 18.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 30.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 5.52% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 93.42% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 9.96% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 24.87% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 24.87% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 12.68% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In NHC HealthCare Oak Ridge, 83.45% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeAcute Care Hospitals 0.31 miles away990 Oak Ridge Turnpike Box 529 Oak Ridge Tennessee 37830Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 835-1000
  • Parkwest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.41 miles away9352 Park West Blvd Knoxville Tennessee 37923Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 970-9800
  • Fort Loudon Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.56 miles away550 Fort Loudon Medical Center Dr Lenoir City Tennessee 37772Voluntary non-profit - Other(865) 271-6000
  • Tennova Healthcare-North Knoxville Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.76 miles away7565 Dannaher Way Powell Powell Tennessee 37849Proprietary(865) 545-8000
  • University of Tn Medical Center (The)Acute Care Hospitals 17.22 miles away1924 Alcoa Highway Knoxville Tennessee 37920Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 544-9000
  • East Tennessee Childrens HospitalChildrens 17.33 miles away2018 Clinch Ave Sw Knoxville Tennessee 37916Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 541-8000
  • Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.37 miles away1901 W Clinch Ave Knoxville Tennessee 37916Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 541-1101

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Oak Ridge0.64 miles away650 Briarcliff Avenue Oak Ridge Tennessee 37830Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 482-7650
  • Clinch River Dialysis8.71 miles away702 North Main Street Clinton Tennessee 37716Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 457-1114
  • Fmc West Knoxville9.31 miles away11305 Station West Knoxville Tennessee 37922Dialysis Stations: 13 (865) 966-5100
  • Fmc Cedar Bluff10.37 miles away431 Park 40 North Blvd Knoxville Tennessee 37923Dialysis Stations: 19 (865) 690-7517
  • Tannor Dialysis LLC10.65 miles away111 S Campbell Station Rd Knoxville Tennessee 37934Dialysis Stations: 13 (865) 777-2750
  • Knoxville Central Dialysis10.68 miles away9141 Cross Park Drive Suite 102 Knoxville Tennessee 37923Dialysis Stations: 8 (865) 531-4681
  • Fmc Loudon Dialysis13.45 miles away200 Interchange Park Drive Lenoir City Tennessee 37772Dialysis Stations: 21 (865) 986-5257
  • Fmc Powell14.29 miles away732 E. Emory Rd Knoxville Tennessee 37938CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (865) 947-1700