Coosa Valley Nursing Facility
315 West Hickory Street, Sylacauga AL 35150 · (256) 249-5604 · 88% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Coosa Valley Nursing Facility is an average-sized nursing home in Sylacauga, Alabama. With an overall grade of A+, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 10 best nursing homes in Alabama. Based on our assessment, this place is really as good as it gets. As you can see below, this facility performed equally well in our category grades. We give this place two thumbs up!
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 85 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be given multiple A+ category scores. In the category of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered significantly more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who returned to the community from this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 65.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This place boasts a really impressive 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we found at any facility. On top of offering high levels of care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls resulting in serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility the state. Avoiding serious falls is generally an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses and better safety protocols are employed.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last area, this facility was awarded a highly favorable long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this category, giving this facility straight A's. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After assessing the very impressive nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.16599 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.71 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Coosa Valley Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better