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Sweetwater Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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978 Hwy 11 South,
Sweetwater TN 37874

(423) 337-6631

80.66% estimated occupancy 1

Sweetwater Nursing Center is an average-sized facility in Sweetwater, Tennessee. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Sweetwater. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Although this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that area, which is one of our better grades. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next most favorable area was its long-term care grade, where it was given a C. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated only 88.31169 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of short-term care, this nursing home was given just a D in that area. In determining these short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Based on its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the data we looked at. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 5.8 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The final area we scored was nursing, where this nursing home was given a rock bottom score here as well. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is obviously somewhat alarming. Our nursing grade is largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. On top of receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this nursing home was less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found this place was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this metric.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Sweetwater Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 9.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 1.73% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 1.74% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 15.98% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used to treat several conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 43.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 47.39% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 92.23% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 2.04% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 1.53% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 1.53% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 19.09% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Sweetwater Nursing Center, 74.71% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sweetwater Hospital AssociationAcute Care Hospitals 0.86 miles away304 Wright St Sweetwater Tennessee 37874Voluntary non-profit - Private(865) 213-8200
  • Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAcute Care Hospitals 12.97 miles away1114 W Madison Ave Athens Tennessee 37371Proprietary(423) 745-1411

Nearby Dialysis

  • Rocky Top Dialysis0.23 miles away921 New Hwy 68 Sweetwater Tennessee 37874Dialysis Stations: 17 (423) 337-5770
  • Fmc Skyway0.43 miles away783 New Highway 68 Sweetwater Tennessee 37874Dialysis Stations: 17 (423) 337-4534
  • Fmc Athens12.71 miles away943 Decatur Pike Athens Tennessee 37303Dialysis Stations: 7 (423) 507-9712
  • Total Renal Care, Inc.16.99 miles away109 Grady Rd Etowah Tennessee 37331Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 263-3666
  • Fmc Loudon Dialysis19.93 miles away200 Interchange Park Drive Lenoir City Tennessee 37772Dialysis Stations: 21 (865) 986-5257