White House Health Care
2871 Highway 31w, White House TN 37188 · (615) 672-3636 · 82.97% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
White House Health Care is the only facility located in White House, Tennessee. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. We could not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its ratings are impeccable. If you scroll down, you can see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 84 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received an A+ for its long-term care grade. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the well above average volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the facility's vaccination statistics. By way of example, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 98.92473 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.31 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Our nursing score focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it performed as well as any facility the country in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We view these areas as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we rated, this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility wrapped up a very favorable profile. In crafting our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This nursing home is respectable both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in the country with 57.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
White House Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 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 who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better