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Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center's website

877 Cedar Bluff Road,
Centre AL 35960

(256) 927-5778

90.97% estimated occupancy 1

Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Centre, Alabama. This city has a total of 10,087 people. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 50 nursing homes in Alabama. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong with this facility. One of the major highlights of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Government - County
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its high-end assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for our long-term care rating. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.66722 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a grade of B+. In computing these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

In the last category we looked at, this nursing home was given a very strong grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this score, the facility rounded out a very strong profile. Our nursing category includes quite a few subcategories, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.87% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 32.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 29.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.83% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 98.51% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.64% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 23.06% of Residents

This is the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 23.06% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.23% of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, 78.19% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Floyd Cherokee Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.62 miles away400 Northwood Dr Centre Alabama 35960Voluntary non-profit - Private(256) 927-5531

Nearby Dialysis

  • Cherokee Community Dialysis, LLC2.2 miles away485 Northwood Drive Centre Alabama 35960Dialysis Stations: 9 (256) 266-1471
  • Rcg Fort Payne18.96 miles away2202 Jordan Road Sw Suite 100 Fort Payne Alabama 35968Dialysis Stations: 24 (256) 845-9979