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Alamo Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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8290 W C Ave,
Kalamazoo MI 49009

(269) 343-2587

74.4% estimated occupancy 1

Alamo Nursing Home is an average-sized facility located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. We found this nursing home to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Kalamazoo, which has a city grade of B. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care score, which we will address 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 Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A-. There are several criteria within this category. Many of the criteria reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Adding yet another impressive category grade, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The last area we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home received a C. Even though this turned out to be its weakest category grade, this is nevertheless not a bad grade. In determining our long-term care ratings, we analyze the personal care received by a facility's patients. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Alamo Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Alamo Nursing Home, 12.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Alamo Nursing Home, 4.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which had falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Alamo Nursing Home, 0.38% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have suffered from a UTI. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Alamo Nursing Home, 23.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Alamo Nursing Home, 13.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Alamo Nursing Home, 8.14% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Alamo Nursing Home, 100% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Alamo Nursing Home, 11.85% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Alamo Nursing Home, 8.55% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Alamo Nursing Home, 0.83 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Alamo Nursing Home, 8.55% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Alamo Nursing Home, 5.4% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Alamo Nursing Home, 79.12% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Kalamazoo, MI

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

Looking for more options? Kalamazoo, Michigan has 5 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric HospitalPsychiatric 9.56 miles away1312 Oakland Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49008Government - State(269) 337-3309
  • Ascension Borgess HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.71 miles away1521 Gull Road Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 226-7000
  • Bronson Methodist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.82 miles away601 John Street Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 341-6000
  • Allegan General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.58 miles away555 Linn Street Allegan Michigan 49010Voluntary non-profit - Other(269) 686-4101
  • Bronson Lakeview HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.02 miles away408 Hazen Street Paw Paw Michigan 49079Voluntary non-profit - Private(269) 657-1400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Oshtemo6.88 miles away6739 Seeco Dr Kalamazoo Michigan 49009CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 375-5815
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo9.58 miles away521 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (269) 384-6180
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo Pd Unit9.59 miles away527 E Michigan Ave Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 2 (269) 384-6191
  • Davita - Kalamazoo Central9.73 miles away535 S Burdick St Ste 110 Kalamazoo Michigan 49007Dialysis Stations: 10 (269) 343-0251
  • Fmc - Gull Road10.47 miles away5010 Gull Rd Suite 6 Kalamazoo Michigan 49048Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 382-3012
  • Fmc - Allegan12.02 miles away730 Airway Dr Allegan Michigan 49010Dialysis Stations: 12 (269) 673-1700
  • Fmc - Kalamazoo East13.03 miles away2901 E Kilgore Rd Kalamazoo Michigan 49001CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (269) 345-1660
  • Fms Kalamazoo, LLC18.06 miles away12180 N Us Highway 131 Schoolcraft Michigan 49087Dialysis Stations: 4 (269) 679-3588

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=235311