East Glen turns out to be one of several available nursing homes at your disposal in Birmingham, Alabama. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. The facilities in Birmingham received quality scores across the board with a city grade of a B. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
East Glen
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was awarded favorable long-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a B+. This proved to be the nursing home's second strongest score. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home'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 residents. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 78.798584 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this nursing home did not fare very well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is its worst category grade. There are quite a few subcategories included in this grade. Many of these criteria reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
East Glen Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In East Glen, 9.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In East Glen, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In East Glen, 3.25% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In East Glen, 19.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In East Glen, 23.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In East Glen, 1.35% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In East Glen, 91.96% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In East Glen, 13.45% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In East Glen, 18.12% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In East Glen, 18.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In East Glen, 11.48 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In East Glen, 72.53% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
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
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