Christian Care Center of Unicoi County is one of just three nursing homes located in Erwin, Tennessee. We awarded this facility an overall score of A-, making it the number one rated facility in the city. We simply can't say enough good things about this place. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Christian Care Center of Unicoi County
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
To add to its elite performance in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A for our short-term care rating. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded an impressive long-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that area with a score of B. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.25581 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The next area we rated was nursing, where this facility received a B-. Even though this wound up being its lowest category rating, this is nevertheless not a major area of concern. When calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in some quality-focused statistics. We like to look at the percent of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since superior care can reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Christian Care Center of Unicoi County Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 12.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 3.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which sustained falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 7.14% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 17.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 36.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 4.82% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 97.52% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 15.83% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 18.25% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 18.25% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 15.73% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Christian Care Center of Unicoi County, 74.9% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Unicoi County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.02 miles away2030 Temple Hill Road Erwin Tennessee 37650Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 743-3141
- Johnson City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.24 miles away400 N State of Franklin Rd Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 431-6111
- Franklin Woods Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.21 miles away300 Med Tech Parkway Johnson City Tennessee 37604Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 302-1120
- Sycamore Shoals HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.33 miles away1501 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Voluntary non-profit - Private(423) 542-1300
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Tennessee Valley Dial Cntr12.13 miles away107 Woodlawn Dr Suite 100 Johnson City Tennessee 37604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 926-2976
- Fmc Johnson City14.13 miles away100 Technology Lane Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 17 (423) 929-7181
- Tn Smokie Mountain Dialysis14.26 miles away2320 Knob Creek Road Suite 408 Johnson City Tennessee 37604Dialysis Stations: 2 (423) 232-1969
- Fmc Elizabethton17.62 miles away1210 Militia Court Elizabethton Tennessee 37643Dialysis Stations: 13 (423) 542-8208
- Fmc Eastern Tennessee19.99 miles away180 Serral Drive Greeneville Tennessee 37745Dialysis Stations: 19 (423) 638-1201