Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama
2400 Hospital Drive, Northport AL 35476 · (205) 330-8412 · 88.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Northport, Alabama, Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama is one of just two available facilities in this area. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires favorable scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is a solid choice for most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 75 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. This place is the gold standard when it comes to skilled nursing staffing. The facility offered roughly 50% more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical nursing home. This is what we look for when grading a facility in this category. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Alabama in this area with 68.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received a virtually flawless inspection. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. This is one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+'s. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Our nursing grade analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the highest totals we found. In addition, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. In addition to looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of C. This proved to be this facility's worst category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's personal care instead of the highly skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. In addition to offering favorable levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This percentage is better than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.99 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most facilities since it had more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better