Andalusia Manor is located in Andalusia, Alabama, a city with 19,914 people. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top ten percentile of all nursing homes in the nation. We simply can not say enough good things about this place. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Andalusia Manor
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- Independent Living
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility performed well in inspections, where it received an A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent 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
We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home received a first-rate grade of A in our long-term care category. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a very strong short-term care score. Indeed, this turned out to be this nursing home's third strongest category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our last category, this nursing home was given a highly favorable nursing grade. In fact, we gave it an A- in this area, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. The nursing grade analyzes many factors, but the main consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as good measures of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Andalusia Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Andalusia Manor, 14.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Andalusia Manor, 4.32% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that had falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Andalusia Manor, 2.76% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Andalusia Manor, 15.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Andalusia Manor, 29.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Andalusia Manor, 9.13% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Andalusia Manor, 99.7% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Andalusia Manor, 8% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Andalusia Manor, 7.12% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Andalusia Manor, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Andalusia Manor, 7.12% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Andalusia Manor, 21.15% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Andalusia Manor, 85.17% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Andalusia HealthAcute Care Hospitals 1.05 miles away849 South Three Notch Street Andalusia Alabama 36420Proprietary(334) 222-8466
- Mizell Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.4 miles away702 N Main St Opp Alabama 36467Voluntary non-profit - Private(334) 493-3541
Nearby Dialysis
- Rcg Andalusia2.22 miles away1208 West Bypass Andalusia Alabama 36420Dialysis Stations: 21 (334) 427-0147
- Renal Treatment Centers Southeast Lp2.23 miles away757 South Three Notch Street Andalusia Alabama 36420Dialysis Stations: 10 (334) 222-1628