Lafayette Extended Care is the lone facility located in Lafayette, Alabama. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires favorable marks in most areas. This nursing home truly has plenty going for it. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Lafayette Extended Care
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious 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
Another quality feature for this facility is that it received an above average long-term care score. In fact, this proved to be its second best category grade. In this category, we awarded this facility a B+. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 63.88889 percent of its residents, which is somewhat lower than we were hoping for. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. The nursing score includes a variety of datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was short-term care. This nursing home received a better than average short-term care grade in our assessment, with a B-. While this isn't nearly as good as a few of its other grades, this is nevertheless an acceptable score in this area. In crafting these short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lafayette Extended Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lafayette Extended Care, 9.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents which suffer from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lafayette Extended Care, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lafayette Extended Care, 3.36% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents that experienced UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lafayette Extended Care, 19.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lafayette Extended Care, 23.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lafayette Extended Care, 1.24% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lafayette Extended Care, 91.17% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lafayette Extended Care, 13.58% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lafayette Extended Care, 14.98% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lafayette Extended Care, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lafayette Extended Care, 14.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- East Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.97 miles away2000 Pepperell Parkway Opelika Alabama 36801Government - Hospital District or Authority(334) 749-3411
- Lake Martin Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.78 miles away201 Mariarden Road Dadeville Alabama 36853Proprietary(256) 825-7821
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Chambers0.06 miles away802 Hospital Street Lafayette Alabama 36862Dialysis Stations: 10 (334) 864-9914
- Fmc Langdale14.61 miles away8 Medical Park Valley Alabama 36854CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (334) 756-4192
- Fmc Opelika16.53 miles away2609 Village Professional Dr Ste 2 Opelika Alabama 36801CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (334) 749-5085
- Opelika Dialysis Center17.02 miles away2340 Pepperell Pkwy Opelika Alabama 36801Dialysis Stations: 10 (334) 745-6883
- Roanoke Dialysis Clinic19.57 miles away4459 Us Highway 431 Roanoke Alabama 36274Dialysis Stations: 13 (334) 863-8365