Spring Meadows Health Care Center is a senior living facility in Clarksville, Tennessee. The city has 151,785 people. This facility received an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. Based on our analysis, this place likely isn't a good fit for anyone. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.
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Spring Meadows Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
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Long-term Care Quality
While we graded this nursing home extremely poorly overall, it received a better long-term care score this year. We gave it a C in that area. Long-term care scores are vital for patients requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 77.54569 percent of its patients. This is multiple points less than average. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't rate too badly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a C for that area, which is another one of its more favorable grades. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on quality of care. The final measure we considered in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. When determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses spend with patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
Turning the last category of inspections, we gave this facility a D for our inspection category. This proved to be this facility's weakest category. We take a poor grade in this category very seriously. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, we also want to point out that this place received significant government fines of over $50,000. This usually suggests that inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad health inspections.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spring Meadows Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 7.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 7.31% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 5.29% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 24.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 19.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 0.55% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 84.75% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 19.25% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 28.7% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 28.7% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 8.85% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Spring Meadows Health Care Center, 76.07% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Clarksville, TN
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Clarksville, Tennessee has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Tennova Healthcare-ClarksvilleAcute Care Hospitals 4.47 miles away651 Dunlop Lane Clarksville Tennessee 37040Proprietary(931) 502-1000
- Blanchfield Ach (Ft Campbell)Acute Care - Department of Defense 12.95 miles away650 Joel Drive Fort Campbell Kentucky 42223Department of Defense(270) 798-8400
- Tristar Ashland City Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19.88 miles away313 North Main St Ashland City Tennessee 37015Proprietary(615) 792-3030
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci Cumberland1.87 miles away312 Landrum Place Clarksville Tennessee 37043Dialysis Stations: 28 (931) 645-1236
- Clarksville Dialysis1.94 miles away231 Hillcrest Drive Clarksville Tennessee 37043CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (931) 645-9694
- Clarksville North Dialysis5.44 miles away3071 Clay Lewis Road Clarksville Tennessee 37040Dialysis Stations: 13 (931) 552-0644
- Davita Fort Campbell Dialysis8.28 miles away1459 Fort Campbell Blvd Clarksville Tennessee 37042Dialysis Stations: 13 (931) 552-6491