Cleburne County Nursing Home is an average-sized government-owned facility in Heflin, Alabama. With an overall grade of A, this nursing home is one of the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. This is just about as good of a facility as you'll find. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar profile is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Cleburne County Nursing Home
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
122 Brockford Road,
Heflin AL 36264
75.6% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
To pair with its favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for inspections. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It does not appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Without deficiency related data for this facility, it ended up being difficult to evaluate the place in this category.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing rating looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. With our short-term care rating, we strive to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. This place was above average in this area with 53.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care, in which this facility was given a B. While this wound up being its worst category grade, this is nevertheless a good rating. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 91.37931 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cleburne County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 9.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that have sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 3.27% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 19.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 23.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 1.38% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 91.71% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 13.51% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 18.39% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 18.39 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 11.47 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cleburne County Nursing Home, 72.41% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.55 miles away400 East 10th Street Anniston Alabama 36207Government - Local(256) 235-5121
- Stringfellow Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.73 miles away301 East 18th St Anniston Alabama 36201Proprietary(256) 235-8900
Nearby Dialysis
- Rai East 11th St Anniston13.46 miles away522 East 11th Street 1st Floor Anniston Alabama 36207Dialysis Stations: 21 (256) 237-7566
- Rai-Snow St-Oxford13.61 miles away711 Snow Street Oxford Alabama 36203Dialysis Stations: 25 (256) 835-5914
- Sprewell Dialysis, LLC13.75 miles away1724 Leighton Ave Anniston Alabama 36207Dialysis Stations: 3 (256) 236-5864
- Fresenius Medical Care Anniston Home, LLC13.84 miles away2017 Quintard Avenue, Suite A Anniston Alabama 36201Dialysis Stations: 4 (256) 237-7340
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.13.86 miles away2017 Quintard Ave, Suite B Anniston Alabama 36201Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 235-2925
- Rtc-Southeast, Lp13.98 miles away1612 Noble Street Anniston Alabama 36201Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 237-3794
- Rai Jacksonville14.54 miles away331 Henry Rd, s.w. Jacksonville Alabama 36265Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 435-3161