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Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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One Veterans Way,
Knoxville TN 37931

(865) 862-8100

94.28% estimated occupancy 1

Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home is a large government-owned nursing home in Knoxville, Tennessee. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of the top scores we offer. A score in this range requires top-notch marks across the board. We simply can not say enough great things about this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Tennessee Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A+

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing rating is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The third area we analyzed was long-term care. This facility received an above average long-term care score, with a B+ in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 93.95973 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last area we looked at is short-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in this area. However, you should not assess this facility based solely on a single category, since it was given many high-end scores in other categories. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 2.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics doomed this facility's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 7.12% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 1.12% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 5.67% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 24.66% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 31.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 9.59% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 96.98% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 12.34% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 19.54% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 19.54% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 6.5% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 63.95% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Knoxville, TN

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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