Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama is a small nursing home located in Northport, Alabama. This nursing home proved to be an A+ rated facility. Being awarded an A+ in our rating scheme requires superb marks across the board. In fact, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top 10 nursing homes in Alabama. Scroll down to see this place's category grades, which are equally impressive. You really can't do much better than a straight A profile.
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Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To pair with a strong overall score, we gave this place an A+ for our inspection category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. 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.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a first-rate short-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second most impressive category score. In that area, this facility received a grade of A. In our short-term care score, we seek to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. The nursing score is based on many subcategories, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last area, this facility also received a first-rate long-term care rating, with an A. This rounded out a straight A profile. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.93815 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 1.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 6.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 1.06% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 13.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 26.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 96.19% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 14.13% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 22.33% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 22.33% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 16.48% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, 88.66% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mary S Harper Geriatric Psychiatry CenterPsychiatric 2.46 miles away201 University Blvd Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401Government - State(205) 759-0900
- D C H Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.1 miles away809 University Boulevard East Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401Government - Hospital District or Authority(205) 759-7111
Nearby Dialysis
- Northport Dialysis0.1 miles away2401 Hospital Drive Northport Alabama 35476CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (205) 339-8882
- Rrc Northridge1.73 miles away4400 Watermelon Road Suite A Northport Alabama 35473CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 722-2968
- Tuscaloosa University Dialysis2.87 miles away220 15th Street Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (205) 345-6004
- Tuscaloosa Dialysis3.85 miles away805 Old Mill Street Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (205) 752-6363
- Davita Crimson Dialysis5.79 miles away6521 Hwy 69 S Ste O Tuscaloosa Alabama 35404Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 752-3267