Diversicare of Winfield is the lone option we were able to find in Winfield, Alabama. With an overall grade of B, this appears to be a good facility. This place truly has plenty going for it. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Diversicare of Winfield
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of B+. It outpaced most nursing homes in this area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 63.896847 percent of its patients against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 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 B- in this category is by no means a bad score. There are many datapoints included in this grade. Many of these criteria relate to staffing levels. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below the national average. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's weakest category is short-term care, which is the final area we scored. For this category, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. In our short-term care category, we seek to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we learned that this nursing home provides fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Diversicare of Winfield Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Diversicare of Winfield, 9.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Diversicare of Winfield, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Diversicare of Winfield, 3.25% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Diversicare of Winfield, 19.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Diversicare of Winfield, 23.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Diversicare of Winfield, 1.35% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Diversicare of Winfield, 91.96% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Diversicare of Winfield, 13.45% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Diversicare of Winfield, 18.12% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Diversicare of Winfield, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Diversicare of Winfield, 18.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Diversicare of Winfield, 11.48 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Diversicare of Winfield, 72.53% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northwest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.59 miles away1530 U S Highway 43 Winfield Alabama 35594Proprietary(205) 487-7736
- Fayette Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.83 miles away1653 Temple Avenue North Fayette Alabama 35555Voluntary non-profit - Other(205) 932-5966
- Marion Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.1 miles away1256 Military Street South Hamilton Alabama 35570Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 921-6200
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Northwest Alabama Kidney Center0.41 miles away638 Tahoe Road Winfield Alabama 35594Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 487-2800
- Fayette Dialysis14.81 miles away2450 Temple Ave N Fayette Alabama 35555Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 932-8500