Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Saint Petersburg, Florida. This facility was given an A- overall, which is an elite rating. This grade is higher than the city grade of B+ in Saint Petersburg, which is also an impressive grade. This facility also received very consistent grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this very important category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its dominant profile, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care area. In fact, it received a grade of A in the category. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When computing our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving residents at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
The fourth category we looked at was short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B+. This rounded out a very strong profile. Very few facilities received a B+ or better in in each area we assessed. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 94.94% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Saint Petersburg, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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