Brown Nursing Home is one of a mere two facilities in Alexander City, Alabama. This facility appears to be ranked among the better facilities we looked at. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Brown Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk 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
This nursing home also was awarded a very impressive long-term care score. This actually ended up being this facility's second most impressive category grade. In that category, this facility received a grade of A-. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.58159 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in the area. Short-term care grades are generally used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes 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. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing. We gave this facility one of our better grades in this area, with a grade of B. Although this is not on par with several of this nursing home's other grades, it is still a perfectly acceptable grade. We looked at the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses spent with residents, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brown Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brown Nursing Home, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brown Nursing Home, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have had falls leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brown Nursing Home, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brown Nursing Home, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brown Nursing Home, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brown Nursing Home, 1.27% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brown Nursing Home, 92.58% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brown Nursing Home, 12.92% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brown Nursing Home, 15.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Brown Nursing Home, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brown Nursing Home, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brown Nursing Home, 73.73% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Russell Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.59 miles away3316 Highway 280 Alexander City Alabama 35010Voluntary non-profit - Private(256) 329-7100
- Lake Martin Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.45 miles away201 Mariarden Road Dadeville Alabama 36853Proprietary(256) 825-7821
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Alexander City2.97 miles away3368 Hwy 280 Bypass Suite G-1 Alexander City Alabama 35010Dialysis Stations: 23 (256) 329-0638
- Fmc Dadeville14.93 miles away52 Waterworks Rd Dadeville Alabama 36853Dialysis Stations: 15 (256) 825-2740