Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center is a large nursing home located in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this place's profile is its stellar inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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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
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The second highest area we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. Long-term care ratings are vital for individuals needing non-healthcare services such as personal care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 92.55319 percent of its residents, which is a bit lower than we were hoping for. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a patient even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is short-term care, turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in that category. Our short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With its score in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the data we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected to find. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 8.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from 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 number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 3.29% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 3.08% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 15.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 29.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 9.14% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 88.31% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 17.11% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 20.35% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 1.4 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 20.35 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 11.68 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Signature HealthCARE of South Pittsburg Rehab & Wellness Center, 74.44% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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