Dadeville Healthcare Center is a senior living facility in Dadeville, Alabama, a city with a population of 8,269 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of our higher ratings. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card is its long-term care score. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph
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Dadeville Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
Specialized Services
- Transportation
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 94.55041 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the rare nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This grade is based on the place's recent inspection reports. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. The nursing grade is based on many datapoints. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B-. While this wound up being its weakest category grade, this is nevertheless not a poor grade. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dadeville Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 9.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 1.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 4.44% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic could be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 24.68% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 19.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 94.13% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 11.51% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 10.6% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 10.6% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Dadeville Healthcare Center, 78.88% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lake Martin Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.45 miles away201 Mariarden Road Dadeville Alabama 36853Proprietary(256) 825-7821
- Russell Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.77 miles away3316 Highway 280 Alexander City Alabama 35010Voluntary non-profit - Private(256) 329-7100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dadeville0.32 miles away52 Waterworks Rd Dadeville Alabama 36853Dialysis Stations: 15 (256) 825-2740
- Fmc Alexander City12.45 miles away3368 Hwy 280 Bypass Suite G-1 Alexander City Alabama 35010Dialysis Stations: 23 (256) 329-0638