Ozark Health and Rehabilitation
312 Bryan Drive, Ozark AL 36360 · (334) 774-2561 · 95.03% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Ozark, Alabama, Ozark Health and Rehabilitation is the only option we identified in the area. This nursing home turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this place. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 149 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall performance, we awarded this facility an A+ for the area of inspections. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so well is that it received a strong long-term care score. In fact, long-term care ended up being its second most favorable category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A-. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. This nursing home's vaccination data lagged a bit behind a few of the other statistics in this area, such as its nursing hours data. It gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 89.04665 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement in this area next year. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.28 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. With 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this place surpassed the national average. We also look at the qualifications of these nurses and apply more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. This place performed admirably in this area. Avoiding serious falls is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be prevented if a facility offers enough nurses to assist its patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was short-term care, was this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this category. This really is one of the couple of weak points on a strong profile. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. In this nursing home's case, it looks like it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home a bit in this metric as well, with just 45.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ozark Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better