Altercare of Alliance Center for Rehab & Nc
11750 Klinger Avenue Ne, Alliance OH 44601 · (330) 823-8263 · 86.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Altercare of Alliance Center for Rehab & Nc is an average-sized nursing home located in Alliance, Ohio. With an overall rating of B, this facility is a fine option. In fact, we found this nursing home to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Alliance, which has a city grade of B-. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 97 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place is a strong facility is that it earned a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility an A+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also earned a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 85.50725 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next best category was its short-term care grade, where it received a grade of B-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility and discovered this was this facility's strongest datapoint within this category. It performed well in this metric with 61.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the fourth category, we awarded this facility a grade of D in our nursing category. This is the facility's weakest category rating. Sadly, this category pulled down the facility's overall profile to some degree. The nursing score assesses several components, many of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is well below average. While this facility's nursing hours were below average, it actually surprised us in a few of the qualitative statistics in this category. In particular, we were pleased to see that its patients are suffering fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Altercare of Alliance Center for Rehab & Nc Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better