With an address in Roanoke, Alabama, Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is one of only two facilities in this city. This nursing home turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. This nursing home definitely has plenty working in its favor. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare 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
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in our inspections category, where it earned a grade of A+. Few facilities performed as well in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's above average category scores came in the area of short-term care. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B. In forming these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Our nursing grade assesses a handful of datapoints, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. This nursing home didn't end up having any weak categories. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.66667 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 7.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 4.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 5.79% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 17.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 20.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 1.53% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 95.58% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 14.84% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 19.4% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 19.4% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Roanoke Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 70.47% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Tanner Medical Center-East AlabamaCritical Access Hospitals 11.95 miles away1032 Main Street South Wedowee Alabama 36278Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 357-2111
Nearby Dialysis
- Roanoke Dialysis Clinic1.79 miles away4459 Us Highway 431 Roanoke Alabama 36274Dialysis Stations: 13 (334) 863-8365
- Fmc Chambers17.93 miles away802 Hospital Street Lafayette Alabama 36862Dialysis Stations: 10 (334) 864-9914