Mount Royal Towers is located in the large metropolitan area of Birmingham, Alabama. With an overall score of C, this is likely a decent nursing home. Birmingham received a city grade of B, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. The best part of this facility's report card is is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Mount Royal Towers
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection score. In fact, its inspection score was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's higher category grades came in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 51.923077 percent of its patients. This is a bit below what we anticipated. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the category of short-term care, this facility was given just a D in that area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is often a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. With a score in this range in this area, we were not stunned to find that this place was below average in several staffing figures we looked at. In fact, it provided significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.
Nurse Quality
This facility's weakest category was nursing, which is the final area we analyzed. Sadly, it received an F in this category. Despite several decent grades in other categories, this score is still disappointing so we wanted to make a note of it. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Royal Towers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mount Royal Towers, 9.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mount Royal Towers, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mount Royal Towers, 3.13% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mount Royal Towers, 19.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mount Royal Towers, 23.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mount Royal Towers, 1.27% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mount Royal Towers, 92.58% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mount Royal Towers, 12.92% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mount Royal Towers, 15.91% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Mount Royal Towers, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mount Royal Towers, 15.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mount Royal Towers, 11.46 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mount Royal Towers, 73.73% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable 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
Looking for more options? Birmingham, Alabama has 15 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.48 miles away2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Birmingham Alabama 35209Proprietary(205) 877-1000
- St Vincent's BirminghamAcute Care Hospitals 3.13 miles away810 St Vincent's Drive Birmingham Alabama 35205Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-7000
- Uab Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 3.21 miles away1720 University Blvd, Suite 500 Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 325-8100
- Children's Hospital of AlabamaChildrens 3.31 miles away1600 Seventh Avenue South Birmingham Alabama 35233Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 939-9100
- University of Alabama HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.36 miles away619 South 19th Street Birmingham Alabama 35233Government - State(205) 934-4011
- Grandview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.51 miles away3690 Grandview Parkway Birmingham Alabama 35243Proprietary(205) 971-1000
- Princeton Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.97 miles away701 Princeton Avenue Southwest Birmingham Alabama 35211Voluntary non-profit - Church(205) 783-3800
- St Vincent's EastAcute Care Hospitals 10.87 miles away50 Medical Park East Drive Birmingham Alabama 35235Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 838-3122
Nearby Dialysis
- Renal Treatment Centers Southeast, Lp2.51 miles away5406 Highway 280, Suite d107 Birmingham Alabama 35242Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 981-2045
- Rcg Southside2.95 miles away2131 Magnolia Ave South #100 Birmingham Alabama 35205Dialysis Stations: 16 (205) 322-4382
- Birmingham Central Dialysis3.21 miles away728 Richard Arrington Blvd S Birmingham Alabama 35233CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (205) 250-6760
- Childrens Hospital Dialysis3.31 miles away1600 7th Avenue South Birmingham Alabama 35233Dialysis Stations: 7 (205) 638-9275
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc3.5 miles away2024 4th Ave South, Suite 100 Birmingham Alabama 35233Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 321-5844
- Magic City Dialysis3.6 miles away300 22nd St. S Birmingham Alabama 35233CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (205) 986-0592
- Dva Renal Healthcare Inc3.6 miles away300-B 22nd Street South Birmingham Alabama 35233Dialysis Stations: 10 (205) 250-6757
- Dsi South Dialysis3.72 miles away3201 3rd Ave South Birmingham Alabama 35222Dialysis Stations: 20 (205) 502-5300