Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center is in Gadsden, Alabama. The city has 67,082 people. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable rating. Based on all of the relevant data, you could do much worse than this nursing home. Fortunately, this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
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Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a strong facility is that it received a very impressive inspection grade. Inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In that category, we awarded it an A+. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given high marks in the area of long-term care as well. As a result, we gave it one of our most dominant grades in that category with a area of A-. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Lastly, this facility 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 nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the number of hours nurses are seeing patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is short-term care. This nursing home received a grade of C in the area. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents that 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
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.72% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 18.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 18.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 99.83% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.9% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.11% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.66% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center, 72.76% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Gadsden, AL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Gadsden, Alabama has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Riverview Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.46 miles away600 South Third Street Gadsden Alabama 35901Proprietary(256) 543-5200
- Gadsden Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.04 miles away1007 Goodyear Avenue Gadsden Alabama 35903Proprietary(256) 494-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Rainbow City Dialysis2.06 miles away2800 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City Alabama 35906Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 413-3245
- Fresenius Medical Care Coosa River, LLC2.39 miles away708 S 4th St Gadsden Alabama 35901Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 439-5948
- Gadsden Dialysis2.65 miles away409 South First Street Gadsden Alabama 35901Dialysis Stations: 24 (256) 547-2457
- Fresenius Kidney Care Gadsden Acq, LLC3.79 miles away800 Goodyear Avenue Gadsden Alabama 35903CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (256) 456-1242
- Rtc-Southeast, Lp3.96 miles away300 Medical Center Drive Suite 100 Gadsden Alabama 35903Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 492-4970
- Fresenius Kidney Care Attalla, LLC4.73 miles away801 Gilbert Ferry Rd Se Attalla Alabama 35954Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 691-0766
- Boaz Dialysis17.6 miles away16 Central Henderson Road Boaz Alabama 35957CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (256) 840-5931
- Rai Jacksonville19.04 miles away331 Henry Rd, s.w. Jacksonville Alabama 36265Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 435-3161