With an address in Fairhope, Alabama, Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay is one of just two facilities in the city. With an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is one of the higher-graded facilities we assessed. Based on our analysis, this facility is simply as good as it gets. This place also received consistently good ratings in all of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- 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
- Pain Management
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home excelled in inspections, where it earned an A-. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
To complement its high-end assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care grade. For residents seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 74.25743 percent of its residents, which is a bit below what we were hoping for. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very 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.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we rated, this facility was awarded an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility rounded out a very strong profile. In crafting our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who have had a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who have experienced a urinary tract infection. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents which were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 1.27% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 92.58% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 12.92% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 15.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 11.46 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Blue Ridge Healthcare Montrose Bay, 73.73% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Thomas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.48 miles away750 Morphy Avenue Fairhope Alabama 36532Voluntary non-profit - Private(251) 928-2375
- Eastpointe HospitalPsychiatric 5.5 miles away7400 Roper Lane Daphne Alabama 36526Voluntary non-profit - Other(251) 378-6500
- Usa Health Children's & Women's HospitalChildrens 14.2 miles away1700 Center Street Mobile Alabama 36604Government - State(251) 415-1000
- Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.4 miles away5 Mobile Infirmary Circle Mobile Alabama 36652Voluntary non-profit - Private(251) 435-4700
- South Baldwin Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.57 miles away1613 North Mckenzie Street Foley Alabama 36535Proprietary(251) 949-3400
- University of South Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.75 miles away2451 Fillingim Street Mobile Alabama 36617Government - State(251) 471-7110
- Springhill Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.38 miles away3719 Dauphin Street Mobile Alabama 36608Proprietary(251) 344-9630
- Providence HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.7 miles away6801 Airport Boulevard Mobile Alabama 36608Voluntary non-profit - Church(251) 633-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Eastern Shore2.24 miles away124 Professional Park Dr Fairhope Alabama 36532CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (251) 928-7835
- Home Dialysis Options of Baldwin County6.06 miles away27880 N. Main St, Suite A Daphne Alabama 36526Dialysis Stations: 4 (251) 626-1086
- Fmc Dauphin Island Pkwy11.8 miles away2381 Dauphin Island Parkway Mobile Alabama 36605CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (251) 471-2505
- Fmc Port City12.8 miles away201 St. Joseph Street, Suite B Mobile Alabama 36602Dialysis Stations: 20 (251) 652-1025
- Fmc East Mobile13.04 miles away1217 Government St Mobile Alabama 36604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (251) 438-6917
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama Inc13.72 miles away65 North Catherine Street Mobile Alabama 36604CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (251) 441-0868
- Fmc Mobile15.21 miles away2620 Old Shell Rd Mobile Alabama 36607CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (251) 476-2762
- South Baldwin Dialysis Center15.5 miles away150 W Peachtree Ave Foley Alabama 36535Dialysis Stations: 13 (251) 943-4155