The Waters of Union City

The Waters of Union City is an average-sized facility located in Union City, Tennessee. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. You can certainly do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this very important category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this area. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most important for folks needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that it performed better than most facilities in this area with 51.5 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

This nursing home was awarded a favorable long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B+. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 91.83674 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a few points lower than we expected but still a decent percentage. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.49 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

Moving on to the next category, this facility was given a decent nursing grade. Although this is not quite as impressive as a few of its other scores, this is really nothing to be ashamed of. In calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in two of the metrics we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are typically reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered.