Nhc Healthcare, Anniston

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Very few nursing homes fared better in this area. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 91.43646 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we expected but still a decent figure. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was given a dominant grade of A in our short-term care area. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The final area we scored was nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B+. This topped off a first-rate profile. Not many facilities received a B+ or better in each of our categories. Our nursing rating considers numerous data points. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.