Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center is a nursing home located in Mobile, Alabama which has a population of 270,712 people. This facility appears to be one of the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. A grade in this range requires very strong scores across the board. Even in a city of 10 nursing homes, this nursing home caught our attention as a superb option. Finally, this facility did have an ownership change in the last 12 months, so we'll have to keep an eye on it to make sure it maintains its excellent quality standards.
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Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with a strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspection category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none 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
We also wanted to note the fact that this facility was awarded a strong score of A- in our long-term care area. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 82.908165 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes performed better in this category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
The last area we looked at was nursing. This nursing home was awarded a favorable nursing grade in our assessment, with a grade of B. Although this wasn't quite as impressive as a few of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of the more favorable scores in this category. The nursing rating includes a number of factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 9.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 3.32% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 0.8% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 15.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients which are given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 17.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 89.03% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 18.44% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 24.82% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 24.82% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 11.84% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lynwood Healthcare & Rehab Center, 88.55% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Mobile, AL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Mobile, Alabama has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Springhill Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.13 miles away3719 Dauphin Street Mobile Alabama 36608Proprietary(251) 344-9630
- Providence HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.25 miles away6801 Airport Boulevard Mobile Alabama 36608Voluntary non-profit - Church(251) 633-1000
- Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.93 miles away5 Mobile Infirmary Circle Mobile Alabama 36652Voluntary non-profit - Private(251) 435-4700
- Usa Health Children's & Women's HospitalChildrens 6.06 miles away1700 Center Street Mobile Alabama 36604Government - State(251) 415-1000
- University of South Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.11 miles away2451 Fillingim Street Mobile Alabama 36617Government - State(251) 471-7110
- Eastpointe HospitalPsychiatric 14.34 miles away7400 Roper Lane Daphne Alabama 36526Voluntary non-profit - Other(251) 378-6500
- Thomas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.32 miles away750 Morphy Avenue Fairhope Alabama 36532Voluntary non-profit - Private(251) 928-2375
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dauphin Island Pkwy3.24 miles away2381 Dauphin Island Parkway Mobile Alabama 36605CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (251) 471-2505
- Fmc West Mobile4.57 miles away6601 Wall Street Suite A Mobile Alabama 36695Dialysis Stations: 20 (251) 633-2681
- Fmc Mobile5.05 miles away2620 Old Shell Rd Mobile Alabama 36607CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (251) 476-2762
- Fmc University South Alabama5.75 miles away700 Clinic Drive Mobile Alabama 36688Dialysis Stations: 22 (251) 460-6797
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama Inc5.8 miles away65 North Catherine Street Mobile Alabama 36604CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (251) 441-0868
- Fmc East Mobile5.85 miles away1217 Government St Mobile Alabama 36604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (251) 438-6917
- Fmc Jaguar6.14 miles away575 Stanton Road Unit B Mobile Alabama 36617CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (251) 476-0502
- Fmc Port City7.39 miles away201 St. Joseph Street, Suite B Mobile Alabama 36602Dialysis Stations: 20 (251) 652-1025