Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Waynesboro, Tennessee, a city with a population of 6,502 people. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is a solid facility. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its exemplary inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
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Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its decent overall grade, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than its overall grade. Inspection ratings are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed favorably in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Few facilities fared better in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing score. In fact, we gave this facility an impressive grade of D. Nursing ratings are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This facility averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is short-term care. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is a rock bottom grade. This is clearly a major disappointment. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. It appears that this facility was below average in many staffing metrics we focus on. The facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.92% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 28.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 37.61% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 99.62% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.93% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 24.18% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 24.18% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.63% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 74.82% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wayne Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away103 J v Mangubat Dr Waynesboro Tennessee 38485Voluntary non-profit - Other(931) 722-5411
- Perry Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.25 miles away2718 Squirrel Hollow Drive Linden Tennessee 37096Proprietary(931) 589-2121