Summit View of Rocky Top
204 Industrial Park Rd, Lake City TN 37769 · (865) 426-2147 · 55.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Lake City, Tennessee, Summit View of Rocky Top is the lone option we identified there. Featuring an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Based on our assessment, this place is not a fit for any prospective resident. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was nursing, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 117 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. Our nursing rating weighs several datapoints. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This facility provides only 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this place didn't receive glowing inspections in recent years. We gave it just a D for our inspections rating and that actually proved to be its second highest score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. We would pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 12 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our short-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. In computing our short-term care grades, we size up the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is often a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 41.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated was long-term care, in which this nursing home received an abysmal grade in this area also. It received a lowly F in this category, which is definitely a major disappointment. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 76.98413 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit less than what we expected. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.73 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Summit View of Rocky Top Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better