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Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
Oct 18: ANov 18: ADec 18: AJan 19: AFeb 19: AMay 19: AJun 19: AJul 19: AAug 19: ASep 19: AJan 20: A-Mar 20: A-Apr 20: A-May 20: A-Jun 20: A-Jul 20: B+Aug 20: B+Sep 20: A-Oct 20: B+Jan 21: A-Feb 21: A-Mar 21: A-Apr 21: AMay 21: AJun 21: AJul 21: AAug 21: ASep 21: AOct 21: ANov 21: AJan 22: AFeb 22: AMar 22: AApr 22: AMay 22: AJun 22: A
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Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home's website

One Veterans Way,
Knoxville TN 37931

(865) 862-8100

72.71% estimated occupancy 1

Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home is a large government-owned nursing home in Knoxville, Tennessee. This proved to be an A rated facility. This nursing home was given one of the best grades that we offer. A score of this caliber requires excellent marks across the board. We really can't say enough great things about this nursing home. One of the major highlights of this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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

Registered Staff Hours

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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-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. 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: A

This nursing home also was given a dominant long-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be this nursing home's third strongest category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.08743 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The last category we analyzed is short-term care. We gave this nursing home a decent grade in this category, with a grade of B-. Even though this is not as favorable as some of this facility's other grades, it is nevertheless not a poor grade. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 2.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 9.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 3.4% 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: C

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 3.28% 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: F

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 15.49% 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, 29.7% 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, 8.67% 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-plus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 89.63% 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, 16.71% Percentage 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: A-minus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 26.22% Percentage 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: B-minus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 1.21 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: C

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 26.22 Percentage 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-minus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 11.37 Percentage 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: B-minus

In Senator Ben Atchley State Veterans' Home, 72.9% Percentage 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-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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  • Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.5 miles away1901 W Clinch Ave Knoxville Tennessee 37916Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 541-1101
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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Fmc Oak Ridge5.95 miles away650 Briarcliff Avenue Oak Ridge Tennessee 37830Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 482-7650
  • Tannor Dialysis LLC6.36 miles away111 S Campbell Station Rd Knoxville Tennessee 37934Dialysis Stations: 13 (865) 777-2750
  • Clinch River Dialysis9.75 miles away702 North Main Street Clinton Tennessee 37716Dialysis Stations: 17 (865) 457-1114
  • Fmc Powell10.52 miles away732 E. Emory Rd Knoxville Tennessee 37938CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (865) 947-1700
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Tennessee10.92 miles away1826 Ailor Avenue Knoxville Tennessee 37921Dialysis Stations: 4 (865) 524-5308

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=445484