Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Andersonville, Tennessee. This is an A rated facility. It was given one of the top scores that we offer. A score of this caliber requires superb marks across the board. Based on our ratings, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. Scroll down to find this facility's category grades, which are also quite good. It is hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection grade. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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. Nursing grades are primarily based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 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 nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its remarkable resume, this facility also was given a dominant long-term care score, with a grade of A-. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 72.72727 percent of its residents for pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care rating. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in this category, completing one of our finer profiles. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents that developed pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.6% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 85.45% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.98% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 32.1% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 32.1% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.37% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center, 66.89% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Tennova Healthcare-North Knoxville Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10 miles away7565 Dannaher Way Powell Powell Tennessee 37849Proprietary(865) 545-8000
- Tennova Healthcare-Lafollett Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.96 miles away923 East Central Avenue La Follette Tennessee 37766Voluntary non-profit - Church(423) 907-1200
- Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeAcute Care Hospitals 15.67 miles away990 Oak Ridge Turnpike Box 529 Oak Ridge Tennessee 37830Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 835-1000
- Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.37 miles away1901 W Clinch Ave Knoxville Tennessee 37916Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 541-1101
- East Tennessee Childrens HospitalChildrens 17.37 miles away2018 Clinch Ave Sw Knoxville Tennessee 37916Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 541-8000
- University of Tn Medical Center (The)Acute Care Hospitals 18.38 miles away1924 Alcoa Highway Knoxville Tennessee 37920Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 544-9000
- Parkwest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.04 miles away9352 Park West Blvd Knoxville Tennessee 37923Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 970-9800
Nearby Dialysis
- Clinch River Dialysis6.93 miles away702 North Main Street Clinton Tennessee 37716Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 457-1114
- Fmc Powell10.15 miles away732 E. Emory Rd Knoxville Tennessee 37938CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (865) 947-1700
- Bio-Medical Applications of Tennessee, Inc.10.87 miles away148 Lake Ln Caryville Tennessee 37714Dialysis Stations: 19 (423) 566-6947
- Dialysis Clinic Inc11.33 miles away173 Patty Hill Rd Caryville Tennessee 37714Dialysis Stations: 15 (423) 566-1487
- Fmc Lafollette13.55 miles away305 River Drive La Follette Tennessee 37766CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (423) 562-2084
- Bio-Medical Application of Tennessee, Inc.14.24 miles away4440 Walker Blvd. Knoxville Tennessee 37917Dialysis Stations: 24 (865) 687-3436
- Fmc Oak Ridge15.11 miles away650 Briarcliff Avenue Oak Ridge Tennessee 37830Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 482-7650
- Davita Dialysis16.42 miles away2909 E Magnolia Avenue Knoxville Tennessee 37914Dialysis Stations: 25 (865) 525-2232