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Magnolia Ridge

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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420 Dean Drive,
Gardendale AL 35071

(205) 631-8709

86.62% estimated occupancy 1

Magnolia Ridge is a large nursing home located in Gardendale, Alabama. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some decent scores. You could definitely do worse than this facility. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Colostomy Care
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this facility an A for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another one of this facility's higher category grades was in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.06323 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The third area we assessed is short-term care, where this facility received a C in this category. In computing our short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The last category we graded is nursing. We gave this facility a grade of D for the area of nursing, making this the facility's worst grade. When computing a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the quantity of hours nurses commit to residents as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. In addition to receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this facility was less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this statistic.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Magnolia Ridge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Magnolia Ridge, 13.07% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Magnolia Ridge, 2.81% of Patients had Serious Falls

This gauges the percent of long-term residents which experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Magnolia Ridge, 0.95% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Magnolia Ridge, 12.66% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Magnolia Ridge, 20.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Magnolia Ridge, 4.97% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Magnolia Ridge, 98.48% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Magnolia Ridge, 22.22% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Magnolia Ridge, 24.09% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Magnolia Ridge, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Magnolia Ridge, 24.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Magnolia Ridge, 22.64% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Magnolia Ridge, 66.19% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Vincent's EastAcute Care Hospitals 8.5 miles away50 Medical Park East Drive Birmingham Alabama 35235Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 838-3122
  • St Vincent's BirminghamAcute Care Hospitals 9.8 miles away810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham Alabama 35205Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-7000
  • University of Alabama HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.93 miles away619 South 19th Street Birmingham Alabama 35233Government - State(205) 934-4011
  • Uab Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 10.13 miles away1720 University Blvd, Suite 500 Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 325-8100
  • Children's Hospital of AlabamaChildrens 10.14 miles away1600 Seventh Avenue South Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-9100
  • Princeton Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.8 miles away701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham Alabama 35211Voluntary non-profit - Church(205) 783-3800
  • Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.94 miles away2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham Alabama 35209Proprietary(205) 877-1000
  • Grandview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.46 miles away3690 Grandview Parkway Birmingham Alabama 35243Proprietary(205) 971-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Gardendale0.7 miles away592 Fieldstown Road Suite 102 Gardendale Alabama 35071Dialysis Stations: 23 (205) 608-3653
  • Davita Center Point Dialysis6.63 miles away2337 1st St Ne Birmingham Alabama 35215Dialysis Stations: 16 (205) 520-1108
  • Dci Birmingham6.81 miles away8713 Parkway East Birmingham Alabama 35206CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (205) 838-5400
  • Crown Dialysis6.84 miles away3007 27th Street North Birmingham Alabama 35207Dialysis Stations: 14 (205) 297-0143
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.7.01 miles away9540 Parkway E Birmingham Alabama 35215Dialysis Stations: 13 (205) 838-2652
  • Birmingham North Dialysis7.07 miles away1917 32nd Avenue North Birmingham Alabama 35207CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (205) 297-9052
  • Birmingham East Dialysis8 miles away1105 East Park Drive Birmingham Alabama 35235CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (205) 833-6003
  • Fmc Forestdale8.37 miles away1004 Forestdale Blvd Birmingham Alabama 35214Dialysis Stations: 14 (205) 798-8321