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Alpine Fireside Health Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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3650 North Alpine Road,
Rockford IL 61114

(815) 877-7408

50% estimated occupancy 1

Alpine Fireside Health Center is a small nursing home located in Rockford, Illinois. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this is a strong facility. This proved to be one of the top three facilities in Rockford. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

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

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a strong facility overall, it also earned A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more data for this facility. Without having access to all of the deficiency related data, it was a challenge to grade the place in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. There are quite a few criteria within this category. Most of the datapoints reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also received an impressive short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this area. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final area we looked at was long-term care. We gave this facility a decent score in this area, with a B-. Although this is not on par with a few of its other grades, it is nevertheless not the end of the world. In forming these long-term care ratings, we look at the facility's personal care services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand 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 18May 23

Alpine Fireside Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 2.49% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 19.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 31.81% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 87.05% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 13.3% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 14.44% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 1.92 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 14.44 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 13.66 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Alpine Fireside Health Center, 69.52% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Rockford, IL

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

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Nearby Dialysis

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=146066