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Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham's website

1028 Bessemer Rd,
Birmingham AL 35228

(205) 923-1777

39.75% estimated occupancy 1

Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham is just one of 16 nursing homes in Birmingham, Alabama. This turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Birmingham. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of receiving a great overall score, this place also received first-rate health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home fared well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- for that category, which is one of our best grades. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 7.627119 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. The nursing grade weighs a handful of components, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's worst area is short-term care, which is the final category we scored. In this area, we gave this facility a grade of D. In computing these short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients which experienced falls resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 1.27% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 92.58% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 12.92% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 15.91% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Blue Ridge Healthcare Birmingham, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Scores for Birmingham, AL

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Birmingham, Alabama has 15 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Children's Hospital of AlabamaChildrens 5.76 miles away1600 Seventh Avenue South Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-9100
  • Uab Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 5.92 miles away1720 University Blvd, Suite 500 Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 325-8100
  • University of Alabama HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.02 miles away619 South 19th Street Birmingham Alabama 35233Government - State(205) 934-4011
  • St Vincent's BirminghamAcute Care Hospitals 6.78 miles away810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham Alabama 35205Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-7000
  • Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.11 miles away2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham Alabama 35209Proprietary(205) 877-1000
  • Medical West, an Affiliate of Uab Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 8.96 miles away995 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer Alabama 35021Government - Hospital District or Authority(205) 481-7000
  • Grandview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.67 miles away3690 Grandview Parkway Birmingham Alabama 35243Proprietary(205) 971-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Fairfield (Steel City)1.15 miles away6508 E. J. Oliver Blvd Fairfield Alabama 35064Dialysis Stations: 12 (205) 780-5122
  • Ensley Dialysis2.13 miles away2630 Avenue E Birmingham Alabama 35218CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 786-1371
  • Steel City Dialysis2.48 miles away1809 Avenue H Birmingham Alabama 35218Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 785-2972
  • Fmc Midfield Dialysis3.34 miles away613 Bessemer Super Highway Birmingham Alabama 35228CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 481-0019
  • Rcg Princeton3.58 miles away708 Cotton Ave Sw Birmingham Alabama 35211CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (205) 785-3500
  • Fmc West3.62 miles away633 Lomb Avenue Birmingham Alabama 35211Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 781-2366
  • Fresenius Medical Care Birmingham Home, LLC4.31 miles away35 West Lakeshore Drive Suite 105 Birmingham Alabama 35209Dialysis Stations: 13 (205) 290-1197
  • Fmc Forestdale5.56 miles away1004 Forestdale Blvd Birmingham Alabama 35214Dialysis Stations: 14 (205) 798-8321