Baron House of Hueytown is a small nursing home located in Bessemer, Alabama. We awarded this facility an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the country. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this nursing home. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section
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Baron House of Hueytown
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also received A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given impressive marks in the category of long-term care as well. As a result, it received one of our most dominant scores in that category with a area of A-. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 93.965515 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B. It outpaced most nursing homes in this area. Short-term care grades are crucial for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the last category, this nursing home received a respectable nursing grade. Although this is not quite as strong as many of its other scores, this is still not a terrible score. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this area. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Baron House of Hueytown Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Baron House of Hueytown, 9.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Baron House of Hueytown, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered falls leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Baron House of Hueytown, 3.36% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Baron House of Hueytown, 19.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Baron House of Hueytown, 23.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Baron House of Hueytown, 1.24% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Baron House of Hueytown, 91.17% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Baron House of Hueytown, 13.58% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Baron House of Hueytown, 14.98% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Baron House of Hueytown, 14.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Baron House of Hueytown, 76.71% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Medical West, an Affiliate of Uab Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 5.14 miles away995 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer Alabama 35021Government - Hospital District or Authority(205) 481-7000
- Princeton Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.55 miles away701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham Alabama 35211Voluntary non-profit - Church(205) 783-3800
- Children's Hospital of AlabamaChildrens 10.82 miles away1600 Seventh Avenue South Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-9100
- Uab Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 10.98 miles away1720 University Blvd, Suite 500 Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 325-8100
- University of Alabama HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.09 miles away619 South 19th Street Birmingham Alabama 35233Government - State(205) 934-4011
- Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.76 miles away2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham Alabama 35209Proprietary(205) 877-1000
- St Vincent's BirminghamAcute Care Hospitals 11.84 miles away810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham Alabama 35205Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-7000
- Grandview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.95 miles away3690 Grandview Parkway Birmingham Alabama 35243Proprietary(205) 971-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Midfield Dialysis2.62 miles away613 Bessemer Super Highway Birmingham Alabama 35228CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 481-0019
- Bessemer Dialysis3.59 miles away901 Westlake Mall Ste 101 Bessemer Alabama 35020Dialysis Stations: 16 (205) 424-1848
- Jewel Dialysis3.9 miles away514 W. Town Plaza Bessemer Alabama 35020CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 481-4386
- Fmc Fairfield (Steel City)3.99 miles away6508 E. J. Oliver Blvd Fairfield Alabama 35064Dialysis Stations: 12 (205) 780-5122
- Bessemer Kidney Center5.1 miles away975 9th Ave Sw Suite 500 Bessemer Alabama 35022Dialysis Stations: 36 (205) 424-3757
- Ensley Dialysis6.14 miles away2630 Avenue E Birmingham Alabama 35218CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 786-1371
- Steel City Dialysis6.73 miles away1809 Avenue H Birmingham Alabama 35218Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 785-2972
- Fresenius Medical Care Mccalla, LLC8.06 miles away4748 Bell Hill Road Bessemer Alabama 35022Dialysis Stations: 13 (205) 424-8528