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Northside Health Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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700 Hutchins Avenue,
Gadsden AL 35901

(256) 543-7101

68.78% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Northside Health Care has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Located in Gadsden, Alabama, Northside Health Care is one of four available facilities in the city. It looks like this is a good facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable score. You can definitely do much worse than this facility. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. The nursing grade is based on several datapoints, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is far below average. Finally, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this statistic.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last category we looked at is short-term care, proved to be this facility's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this category. This really was one of the few weak points on an otherwise strong profile. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Northside Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Northside Health Care, 11.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Northside Health Care, 2.29% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Northside Health Care, 0.68% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Northside Health Care, 17.52% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Northside Health Care, 12.86% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Northside Health Care, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Northside Health Care, 98.77% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Northside Health Care, 12.07% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Northside Health Care, 8.36% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Northside Health Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Northside Health Care, 8.36% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Northside Health Care, 11.26% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Northside Health Care, 78.01% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Gadsden, AL

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

Looking for more options? Gadsden, Alabama has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Gadsden Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.43 miles away1007 Goodyear Avenue Gadsden Alabama 35903Proprietary(256) 494-4000
  • Riverview Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.93 miles away600 South Third Street Gadsden Alabama 35901Proprietary(256) 543-5200
  • Floyd Cherokee Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.39 miles away400 Northwood Dr Centre Alabama 35960Voluntary non-profit - Private(256) 927-5531

Nearby Dialysis

  • Rtc-Southeast, Lp2.52 miles away300 Medical Center Drive Suite 100 Gadsden Alabama 35903Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 492-4970
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Gadsden Acq, LLC2.55 miles away800 Goodyear Avenue Gadsden Alabama 35903CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (256) 456-1242
  • Gadsden Dialysis3.77 miles away409 South First Street Gadsden Alabama 35901Dialysis Stations: 24 (256) 547-2457
  • Fresenius Medical Care Coosa River, LLC4.01 miles away708 S 4th St Gadsden Alabama 35901Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 439-5948
  • Rainbow City Dialysis8.3 miles away2800 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City Alabama 35906Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 413-3245
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Attalla, LLC8.79 miles away801 Gilbert Ferry Rd Se Attalla Alabama 35954Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 691-0766
  • Boaz Dialysis15.68 miles away16 Central Henderson Road Boaz Alabama 35957CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (256) 840-5931
  • Cherokee Community Dialysis, LLC16.82 miles away485 Northwood Drive Centre Alabama 35960Dialysis Stations: 9 (256) 266-1471