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Sanctuary at the Woodlands

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Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
Apr 21: AMay 21: AJun 21: AJul 21: AAug 21: ASep 21: AOct 21: A-Nov 21: A-Jan 22: A-Feb 22: A-Mar 22: A-Apr 22: A-May 22: A-Jun 22: A-
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1910 Cherokee Avenue Sw,
Cullman AL 35055

(111) 222-3333

Note: Data for Sanctuary at the Woodlands has not been updated recently. This page shows historical performance which may not be representitive of current service levels.

With an address in Cullman, Alabama, Sanctuary at the Woodlands is one of only three nursing homes there. With an overall rating of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong facility. Based on our ratings, this place is really as good as it gets. This place also received consistently good ratings in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with a strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B+. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is often a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing score includes a handful of subcategories, however, the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In our final category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care score. This wrapped up a very strong profile. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were not able to track down this facility's vaccination rates. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Sanctuary at the Woodlands Quality Metrics

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Sanctuary at the Woodlands, 14.74% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Sanctuary at the Woodlands, 35.03% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.