The Stratford House
8249 Standifer Gap Road, Chattanooga TN 37421 · (423) 892-1716 · 40.55% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The Stratford House is a senior living facility located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a city with 198,659 people. With an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. Based on our ratings, this nursing home may not be the best fit for most prospective residents. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 127 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a very good score in the area of inspections. We gave it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This place received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also gave this facility a strong grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. This is better than most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility just a D for our short-term care score. This is not a very good score. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this place was subpar in the two key staffing metrics we looked at. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 24 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is long-term care. This facility was given a rock bottom grade of F in this category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated 89.047615 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is quite a few points less than average. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.47 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Stratford House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better