With an address in Anniston, Alabama, Nhc Healthcare, Anniston is one of just two facilities in the area. With an overall rating of A, this is clearly a top-shelf facility. Based on our ratings, this place is really as good as it gets. Headlining this facility's stellar report card is its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
Nhc Healthcare, Anniston
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Our inspection grades are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
On the list of its many elite scores, this facility was given first-rate short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this category. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most meaningful for patients requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this facility was given first-rate long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this area. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 82.16216 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed is nursing, where this nursing home was given a B+. This finished off an elite report card. Not many facilities earned a B+ or higher in each of our categories. Nursing scores are mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nhc Healthcare, Anniston Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 9.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 3.25% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 19.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used to treat several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 23.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 1.35% of Patients
This is the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 91.96% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 13.45% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 18.12% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 18.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 11.48 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Nhc Healthcare, Anniston, 72.53% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.07 miles away400 East 10th Street Anniston Alabama 36207Government - Local(256) 235-5121
- Stringfellow Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.75 miles away301 East 18th St Anniston Alabama 36201Proprietary(256) 235-8900
Nearby Dialysis
- Rai-Snow St-Oxford1.63 miles away711 Snow Street Oxford Alabama 36203Dialysis Stations: 25 (256) 835-5914
- Rai East 11th St Anniston2.1 miles away522 East 11th Street 1st Floor Anniston Alabama 36207Dialysis Stations: 21 (256) 237-7566
- Sprewell Dialysis, LLC2.74 miles away1724 Leighton Ave Anniston Alabama 36207Dialysis Stations: 3 (256) 236-5864
- Rtc-Southeast, Lp2.75 miles away1612 Noble Street Anniston Alabama 36201Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 237-3794
- Fresenius Medical Care Anniston Home, LLC3 miles away2017 Quintard Avenue, Suite A Anniston Alabama 36201Dialysis Stations: 4 (256) 237-7340
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.3 miles away2017 Quintard Ave, Suite B Anniston Alabama 36201Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 235-2925
- Rai Jacksonville10.83 miles away331 Henry Rd, s.w. Jacksonville Alabama 36265Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 435-3161