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Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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2019 County Road 394,
Killen AL 35645

(256) 757-2103

97.06% estimated occupancy 1

Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home is the lone nursing home we were able to find in Killen, Alabama. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong here. This facility also received very consistent grades in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being an elite facility overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few places performed this well in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To complement its dominant achievements in other areas, we gave this facility a score of A for our long-term care rating. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.206276 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving residents more often.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The final area we rated is short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. Believe it or not, this is this nursing home's weakest area. A nursing home is doing something right when their lowest score still is better than most other facilities. In forming these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to create a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 1.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 4.93% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 2.69% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 15.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 20.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 3.74% of Patients

This is the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression may indicate a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 96.95% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 13.5% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 12.35% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home, 12.35% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • North Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.49 miles away1701 Veterans Drive Florence Alabama 35630Proprietary(256) 768-8400
  • Shoals HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.47 miles away201 West Avalon Avenue Muscle Shoals Alabama 35661Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 386-1601
  • Helen Keller Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.09 miles away1300 South Montgomery Avenue Sheffield Alabama 35660Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 386-4556

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Renaissance9.76 miles away1840 Darby Drive Florence Alabama 35630Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 764-2313
  • Florence Dialysis11.37 miles away422 East Dr. Hicks Blvd Florence Alabama 35630CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (256) 764-5050
  • Muscle Shoals Dialysis14.4 miles away712 State Street Muscle Shoals Alabama 35661Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 386-7028
  • Sheffield Dialysis15.28 miles away1120 S Jackson Hwy Ste 107 Sheffield Alabama 35660CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (256) 381-8004