The Health Center at Standifer Place
2626 Walker Rd, Chattanooga TN 37421 · (423) 490-1599 · 82.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Health Center at Standifer Place is one of six facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D in our grading scheme. Based on our analysis, this nursing home may not be a great fit for most people. This nursing home's only redeeming feature is its inspection score, which we provide additional information about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 444 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A+ for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility only earned a D for its long-term care rating, which ended up being one of its more favorable category grades. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated only 87.47026 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was not as bad as we expected at keeping its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.87 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic wasn't bad due to it having more complex patients.
Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our score in this category. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. On top of receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this place was less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and found that this place was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic really pulled down this nursing home's nursing score significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was short-term care. This facility received a very poor grade of F in that area. Our short-term care grades are believed to be more critical for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. With its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the figures we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Health Center at Standifer Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better