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Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1200 Spruce Lane,
Elizabethton TN 37643

(423) 543-3202

69.25% estimated occupancy 1

Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness is one of five nursing homes in Elizabethton, Tennessee. With an A- overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf score of A- in our short-term care area. In computing our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.4 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

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. In determining our nursing grades, we factor in both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to 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-minus

The final category we looked at is long-term care. This nursing home was given a better than average long-term care score in our assessment, with a B-. Even though this isn't quite as impressive as many of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a decent rating in this category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 98.3871 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 7.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 4.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 2.17% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 2.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 35.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 24.57% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 96.04% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 15.03% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 24.62% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 24.62% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 15.73% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 77.59% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Elizabethton, TN

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • 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
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

Looking for more options? Elizabethton, Tennessee has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sycamore Shoals HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.18 miles away1501 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 542-1300
  • Johnson City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.96 miles away400 N State of Franklin Rd Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 431-6111
  • Franklin Woods Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.53 miles away300 Med Tech Parkway Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 302-1120
  • Unicoi County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.96 miles away2030 Temple Hill Road Erwin Tennessee 37650Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 743-3141

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Elizabethton2.12 miles away1210 Militia Court Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Dialysis Stations: 13 (423) 542-8208
  • Tn Smokie Mountain Dialysis10.12 miles away2320 Knob Creek Road Suite 408 Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 2 (423) 232-1969
  • Fmc Johnson City10.35 miles away100 Technology Lane Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 17 (423) 929-7181
  • Davita Tennessee Valley Dial Cntr10.6 miles away107 Woodlawn Dr Suite 100 Johnson City Tennessee 37604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 926-2976
  • Fmc Bristol17.97 miles away2530 W. State St Bristol Tennessee 37620Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 764-4044

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=445217