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Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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2831 Highland Avenue South,
Birmingham AL 35205

(205) 323-2724

93.78% estimated occupancy 1

Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Birmingham, Alabama. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes nationally. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has 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
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Alabama Awards 2019

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its favorable overall score, we awarded this place an A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among this nursing home's other achievements is its high-end long-term care grade. It received one of our strongest grades in that category, with a score of A-. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 58.940395 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we anticipated. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing grade analyzes several subcategories, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to our fourth category, this nursing home received an acceptable short-term care grade. Although this was not quite as dominant as many of its other category grades, this is truly not a bad grade. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 9.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 9.8% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 17.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 25.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.48% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 72.28% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 4.93% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 8.69% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 8.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 7.68% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 81.05% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Birmingham, AL

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

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