Alpine Living Center

We would like to point out that this nursing home's nursing score exceeded its overall grade. This nursing home earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. There are a variety of subcategories included in this category. Many of the factors reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

We also gave this nursing home a positive grade in short-term care. This nursing home earned a B in this category, which turns out to be one of our better grades. With our short-term care score, we attempt to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This facility received its third best category grade in inspections. Inspection grades are based on a facility's recent inspection reports. We gave this nursing home a C in this category. Inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you that it avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Switching gears to our fourth category, this facility received a C for long-term care, which is a respectable grade. Our long-term care ratings are important for prospective residents looking for non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. As it turns out, this facility gave the vaccine to a relatively low 54.263565 percent of its patients, which is well below average. Nevertheless, this facility 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.