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Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness's website

1200 Spruce Lane,
Elizabethton TN 37643

(423) 543-3202

54.36% estimated occupancy 1

Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness is one of five nursing homes in Elizabethton, Tennessee. We awarded this facility a very respectable overall grade of B. Indeed, this is ranked among the top three facilities in Elizabethton. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of most people. This place is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • 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

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its favorable overall performance, we gave this facility an A+ for the area of inspections. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. In our short-term care category, we seek to forge a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Moving on to the last area, this nursing home was awarded a respectable long-term care grade of C. In determining our long-term care grades, we look at the assistance with daily living received by a facility's residents. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 98.13664 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 3.44% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 29.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 9.05% of Patients

This is the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 89.05% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 16.44% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 24.2% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 24.2 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A+

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 11.03 Percentage of Patients

This is 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

Grade: B

In Signature HealthCARE of Elizabethton Rehab & Wellness, 73.13% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw 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