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Diversicare of Oneonta

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Diversicare of Oneonta's website

215 Valley Road,
Oneonta AL 35121

(205) 274-2365

92.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Diversicare of Oneonta is the lone facility we identified in Oneonta, Alabama. Featuring an overall rating of B, this appears to be a fine facility. Based on our assessment, this place is a solid choice for most people. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Pharmacy

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its favorable overall score, we gave this place an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Among this facility's other achievements is its top-shelf long-term care score. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a grade of A-. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.24812 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of C in this category is by no means a bad score. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we assess the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat discouraging figure as it is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

This facility's worst category is short-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. For this category, we gave this facility a grade of just D. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It appears that this facility was subpar in several staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Diversicare of Oneonta Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 9.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 3.36% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 19.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 23.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 1.24% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 91.17% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 13.58% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 14.98% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 14.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 10.28 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Diversicare of Oneonta, 76.71% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Dialysis

Rcg Oneonta2.11 miles away150 Gilbreath Drive, Suite 1 Oneonta Alabama 35121Dialysis Stations: 12 (205) 625-6903
Renal Treatment Centers Southeast Lp12.21 miles away40 Purple Heart Blvd Springville Alabama 35146Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 467-6811