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Altoona Health & Rehab

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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6532 Walnut Grove Road,
Altoona AL 35952

(205) 589-6394

97.2% estimated occupancy 1

Altoona Health & Rehab is a small nursing home in Altoona, Alabama. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ facility, which is the highest grade we offer. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong with this place. Finally, this ended up being a very consistent facility with consistent ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Alabama badge

Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating features many subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a patient more frequently.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection ratings are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The fourth category we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home received an A-. This finished off a very favorable profile. Few nursing homes received an A- or better in every single category. Our short-term care ratings are probably more critical for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Altoona Health & Rehab Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 3.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 1.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 4.79% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 14.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 50.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 100% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 10.07% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 15.23% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Altoona Health & Rehab, 15.23% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Riverview Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.18 miles away600 South Third Street Gadsden Alabama 35901Proprietary(256) 543-5200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Rcg Oneonta12.34 miles away150 Gilbreath Drive, Suite 1 Oneonta Alabama 35121Dialysis Stations: 12 (205) 625-6903
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Attalla, LLC12.99 miles away801 Gilbert Ferry Rd Se Attalla Alabama 35954Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 691-0766
  • Boaz Dialysis15.22 miles away16 Central Henderson Road Boaz Alabama 35957CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (256) 840-5931
  • Rainbow City Dialysis16.66 miles away2800 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City Alabama 35906Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 413-3245
  • Fresenius Medical Care Albertville, LLC17.4 miles away173 Business Park Dr Albertville Alabama 35951Dialysis Stations: 20 (256) 878-4480
  • Fresenius Medical Care Coosa River, LLC18.13 miles away708 S 4th St Gadsden Alabama 35901Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 439-5948
  • Gadsden Dialysis18.21 miles away409 South First Street Gadsden Alabama 35901Dialysis Stations: 24 (256) 547-2457
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Gadsden Acq, LLC19.89 miles away800 Goodyear Avenue Gadsden Alabama 35903CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (256) 456-1242