The Cambridge House
250 Bellebrook Rd, Bristol TN 37620 · (423) 968-4123 · 38.76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Cambridge House is a facility located in Bristol, Tennessee. This city has a total of 39,102 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. Based on our ratings, this place may not be a great fit for most people. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we were down on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our nursing rating. There are a host of datapoints included in this grade. Many of these datapoints relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable category turned out to be its long-term care grade, where it was awarded a grade of C. Our long-term care ratings are more critical for residents in need of more traditional services related to activities of daily living. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.42 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the area of short-term care, with a grade of C. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators 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, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 29.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below average.
Facility Inspections
In our final category of inspections, this nursing home received an F here. For places with bad inspection ratings, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we also want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received significant government fines in recent years exceeding $50,000. This generally suggests that CMS inspectors grew tired after several years of bad inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Cambridge House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better