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TENNOVA NEWPORT CONVALESCENT CENTER

NEWPORT, TN · Medicare-certified · 56 beds

In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall

Tennova Newport Convalescent Center in Newport, TN has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections, 4 stars for staffing, and 4 stars for quality measures. It has no fines in the last 24 months, but reported nurse staffing is 3.46 hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, and recent inspection citations included food safety, infection control, and continence/catheter care.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

3.4571 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: March 8, 2023Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.4571.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.88
Licensed practical nurses
0.32
Nurse aides
2.25
Weekend nursing
3.24

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 44%
Registered nurse turnover: 25%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

16.5%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

5%Improving

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

4.8%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

13.4%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

3.2%Steady

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

18.2%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

11%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

32.7%Worsening

Residents with a long-term catheter

1.3%Improving

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

22%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

1.2%Improving

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

97.8%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

98.9%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

84.6%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

76.9%Improving

What the inspectors found

The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited November 2018 — widespread issue, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F

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 October 2019 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E

The home failed to provide proper bladder and bowel care, including catheter care and steps to prevent urinary tract infections. Cited March 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 690 — 42 CFR §483.25(e) — S/S: D

The nursing home failed to make sure each resident got an accurate assessment of their needs and condition. Cited October 2019 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 641 — 42 CFR §483.20(g) — S/S: D

The nursing home failed to coordinate resident assessments with required screening and make needed service referrals. Cited October 2019 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 644 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.

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  4. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Occupancy
45.5 residents on an average day (81% of 56 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 52 years

The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.