Life Care Center of Elizabethton
Nursing home in Elizabethton, TN
Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 1641 Highway 19e, Elizabethton, TN 37643
- Phone
- (423) 542-4133
- Listed under
- For-profit
- Medicare CCN
- 445302
- Overall star rating
- 3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 3 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 2 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 4 of 5
- Certified beds
- 158
- Average residents per day
- 122
- Ownership
- For-profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Elizabethton Medical Investors LP
- Chain
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jan 15, 1993
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident and family councils
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Nov 14, 2023. CMS lists 11 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Nov 15, 2018 to Feb 29, 2024): 3 from complaint inspections, 3 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 3 at “immediate jeopardy”.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2024 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | J |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. | J |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | J |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | D |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | D |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | D |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records 1 fine totalling $10,036 in the last three years.
| Feb 29, 2024 | Fine: $10,036 |
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.44 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.40 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.18 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 2.82 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 53%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 47%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 0
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.