Diversicare of Riverchase

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Diversicare of Riverchase's website

2500 Riverhaven Drive,
Birmingham AL 35244

(205) 987-0901

83.63% estimated occupancy ¹

Diversicare of Riverchase is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Birmingham, Alabama. This facility was awarded a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a well below average grade. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Birmingham. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong inspection rating. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Although we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we actually gave it an excellent grade in the category of inspections, where it received an A-. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid facilities with too many deficiencies flagged. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Finally, nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most important for residents requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Given its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we considered the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

The next category we looked at is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a poor score in this area as well. It received a lowly F in this category, which is obviously a major concern. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated 66.66667 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is several points below what we expected. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Diversicare of Riverchase Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 1.27% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 92.58% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 12.92% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 15.91% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 11.46 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Diversicare of Riverchase, 73.73% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Birmingham, AL

Overall Rating has a grade of B
Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Birmingham, Alabama has 15 other nursing homes

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