Forest Manor is a large nursing home located in Northport, Alabama. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable grade. You can certainly do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Forest Manor
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a B in that area, which happens to be one of our better. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was long-term care. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. In computing our long-term care ratings, we analyze the personal care received by the facility's patients. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 80 percent of its residents. This is pretty significantly less than the national average. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Forest Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Forest Manor, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Forest Manor, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which experienced a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Forest Manor, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Forest Manor, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Forest Manor, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Forest Manor, 1.27% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Forest Manor, 92.58% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Forest Manor, 12.92% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Forest Manor, 15.91% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Forest Manor, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Forest Manor, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Forest Manor, 11.46 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Forest Manor, 73.73% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mary S Harper Geriatric Psychiatry CenterPsychiatric 3.25 miles away201 University Blvd Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401Government - State(205) 759-0900
- D C H Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.89 miles away809 University Boulevard East Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401Government - Hospital District or Authority(205) 759-7111
Nearby Dialysis
- Northport Dialysis0.86 miles away2401 Hospital Drive Northport Alabama 35476CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (205) 339-8882
- Rrc Northridge2 miles away4400 Watermelon Road Suite A Northport Alabama 35473CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 722-2968
- Tuscaloosa University Dialysis3.65 miles away220 15th Street Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (205) 345-6004
- Tuscaloosa Dialysis4.54 miles away805 Old Mill Street Tuscaloosa Alabama 35401CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (205) 752-6363
- Davita Crimson Dialysis6.56 miles away6521 Hwy 69 S Ste O Tuscaloosa Alabama 35404Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 752-3267