The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited August 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Nursing home report
CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER OF UNICOI COUNTY
ERWIN, TN · Medicare-certified · 50 beds
In good standing
For-profit
4 of 5 overall
Christian Care Center of Unicoi County in Erwin, TN has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, with 4-star health inspection and staffing ratings and 3-star quality measures. It reports 4.30 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, slightly above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and had $0 in fines in the last 24 months; recent inspection citations included resident rights, assessment coordination, and infection prevention and control.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.3001 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 30, 2023Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.3001.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.56
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.55
- Nurse aides
- 2.19
- Weekend nursing
- 3.77
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 29%
Registered nurse turnover: 29%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
15.6%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
4.4%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6.3%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
9.7%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
8.8%Worsening
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
20.6%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
19.9%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
51%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.1%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
15.4%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
2.7%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
95%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
93.1%Worsening
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
94.6%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.2%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to coordinate resident assessments with required screening and make needed service referrals. Cited August 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 644 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited August 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited August 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate dialysis care for a resident who needed it. Cited August 2021 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 698 — 42 CFR §483.25(l) — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Occupancy
- 47.6 residents on an average day (95% of 50 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident & family councils
- Medicare history
- Certified for 56 years
The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.