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Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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1349 Crabtree Road,
Waynesville NC 28785

(828) 454-9260

77.2% estimated occupancy 1

Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center is located in Waynesville, North Carolina, a city with a total of 28,052 people. This nursing home is a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed 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 - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home fared well in our short-term care category. As a result, we gave it a grade of A- for that area, which turns out to be one of our highest grades. Our short-term care scores are likely most meaningful for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. Our nursing grade consists of a handful of datapoints, but the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The last area we analyzed was long-term care. We gave this nursing home a C in that area. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 93.965515 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.8% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.97% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 27.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.89% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 96.98% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 22.22% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.29% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.29% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.26% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center, 81.43% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Haywood Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.11 miles away262 Leroy George Drive Clyde North Carolina 28721Government - Hospital District or Authority(828) 456-7311
  • Harris Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.8 miles away68 Hospital Rd Sylva North Carolina 28779Proprietary(828) 586-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Waynesville Dialysis Center1.58 miles away11 Park Terrace Drive Clyde North Carolina 28721Dialysis Stations: 19 (828) 627-2907
  • Sylva Dialysis Center18.23 miles away655 Asheville Highway Sylva North Carolina 28779Dialysis Stations: 16 (828) 586-3340