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Clay County Nursing Home

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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83825 Highway 9 P O Box 1270,
Ashland AL 36251

(256) 354-1145

81.44% estimated occupancy 1

Clay County Nursing Home is the only option we found in Ashland, Alabama. It looks like this nursing home is one of the best facilities we looked at. This facility received one of the top ratings that we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percentile of all facilities in the nation. As you can see below, this place performed just as well in our category ratings. In fact, we gave it straight A's!

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Other
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with a strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also was superb in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Only a select group of nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. 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.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. There are many factors included in this area. Most of these criteria are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our short-term care rating. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is more often than not a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Clay County Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Clay County Nursing Home, 5.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Clay County Nursing Home, 8.87% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who experienced falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Clay County Nursing Home, 2.45% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients that suffered from a UTI. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Clay County Nursing Home, 19.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Clay County Nursing Home, 17.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Clay County Nursing Home, 1.67% of Patients

This is the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Clay County Nursing Home, 98.88% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Clay County Nursing Home, 20.49% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Clay County Nursing Home, 7.27% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Clay County Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Clay County Nursing Home, 7.27% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.