Englewood Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Englewood Health Care Center's website

2046 South Alabama Ave,
Monroeville AL 36460

(251) 575-3285

87.47% estimated occupancy ¹

Englewood Health Care Center is in Monroeville, Alabama. This city has a population of 10,738 people. This turns out to be an A rated facility. This facility received one of the best ratings that we offer. A score of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. One of the major highlights of this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Monroeville, Alabama Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we gave this place an A+ for our inspection category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Among its many dominant scores, this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf short-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that area. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. When calculating our nursing ratings, we look at both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Alabama in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning patients more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

In the final category we scored, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of B+ in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home rounded out a very favorable report card. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 89.49416 percent of its patients against pneumonia. 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 only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Englewood Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Englewood Health Care Center, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Englewood Health Care Center, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Englewood Health Care Center, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Englewood Health Care Center, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Englewood Health Care Center, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Englewood Health Care Center, 1.27% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Englewood Health Care Center, 92.58% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Englewood Health Care Center, 12.92% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Englewood Health Care Center, 15.91% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Englewood Health Care Center, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Englewood Health Care Center, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Englewood Health Care Center, 11.46 Percentage of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Englewood Health Care Center, 73.73% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation.