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Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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415 Cole Drive,
Pigeon Forge TN 37863

(863) 208-1930

61.91% estimated occupancy ¹

Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This is a lower end nursing home, with an overall grade of D. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Pigeon Forge. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.

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

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Peritoneal Dialysis
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Catheter Care
Lymphedema Care

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Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Although this facility's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled at short-term care. We gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. This grade kept this facility from receiving an even worse overall grade. In forming these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Our nursing score is largely tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

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Long-term Care Quality

Unfortunately, this facility's next best score is long-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. Facilities that don't score well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 84.27419 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

The final category we assessed is inspections. This nursing home didn't receive glowing government inspections in recent years. Consequently, we had to give it an F in this category. When a facility has this poor of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This nursing home was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, we would like to point out that this nursing home was assessed large government fines in recent years of more than $100,000. This generally signifies that a nursing home's poor performance has been an issue for several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 14.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 5.65% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that experienced falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 0.81% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 8.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 33.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 4.98% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 90.99% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 25.43% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 32.38% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 32.38% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 17.82% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Smokey Mountain Rehabilitation Center, 79.2% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Leconte Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.09 miles away742 Middlecreek Road Sevierville Tennessee 37862Voluntary non-profit - Other(865) 446-7500

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc Sevierville4.74 miles away1210 Fox Meadows Blvd. Sevierville Tennessee 37862Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 774-0426
Dci Sevierville5.33 miles away765 Sunrise Circle Sevierville Tennessee 37862Dialysis Stations: 16 (865) 453-4068