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. Indeed, this is actually one of the highest rated facilities in Birmingham. If you look below, you can see this place's category ratings, which are also impressive.
Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among its many high-end grades, this nursing home received first-rate long-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A- in this category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 75.5627 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit lower than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
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. We looked at the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in calculating our rating in this area. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving residents more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of B. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is more often than not a fair assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.27% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 92.58% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 12.92% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 15.91% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 11.46 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facility, 73.73% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's 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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