Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
204 Industrial Park Rd,
Lake City TN 37769
35.72% estimated occupancy 1
Note: Summit View of Rocky Top has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. We believe that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. Our nursing score is mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. According to its CMS data, this place provided an average of 5.6 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which was above the national average. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as minimizing major falls. This place performed admirably in this datapoint.
Does this page answer your questions about Summit View of Rocky Top?
Unfortunately, this facility's third highest category was short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still performed somewhat badly. Short-term care grades are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It appears that this facility was below average in several staffing areas we focus on. It provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 39.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
The final category we assessed was long-term care, which was a weak spot for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in long-term care. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the facility did not perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. This nursing home's vaccination statistics were not as impressive as its nursing hours data. It provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 76.54321 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. Unfortunately, its hospitalization rate was also a cause for concern. Here we found that this facility had 2.42 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 9.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 3.51% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall which resulted in severe injury.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 3.12% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 15.81% of Patients use 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.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 29.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 8.77% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 89.84% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 16.62% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 1.21 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 11.25 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
In Summit View of Rocky Top, 72.83% Percentage of Resident
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.
