The Health Center at Richland Place

The Health Center at Richland Place is one of 12 options in Nashville, Tennessee. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a well below average facility. Based on our analysis, this place likely isn't a great fit for most people. The only positive thing we can really say about this place is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

Although we did not have many positive things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in this area with a B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place offers an impressive 5 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which more than an hour of those were provided by registered nurses. Registered nurses are highly skilled nurses. Lastly, our nursing grades also weigh quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed above average in this area.

The third area we graded was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a B- in this category. In forming our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This nursing home is above average in terms of its level of both physical therapy and registered nurse staffing provided to its patients. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. In addition to performing well in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it also fared well with 62.8 percent of its patients returning home.

The last category we scored is long-term care, which turned out to be a low point for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a grade of just D in our long-term care category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 96.052635 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.13 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.