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Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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2831 Highland Avenue South,
Birmingham AL 35205

(205) 323-2724

88.21% 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 A-, this facility is one of the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities nationally. If you look further down this page, you can see this facility's category ratings, which are also quite good.

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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

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection ratings are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none 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

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its elite resume, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- for the area. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective 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 assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 63.961037 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is a few points below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. There are quite a few subcategories included in this category. Many of the datapoints are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place 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 frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning patients more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next area we graded was short-term care. In this area, we gave this facility an impressive grade of B. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 9.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents which suffered falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.36% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 19.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 23.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.24% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 91.17% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.58% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 14.98% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 14.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 10.28 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 76.71% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

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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