Shadescrest Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Jasper, Alabama. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most elite nursing homes we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the country. If you look below, you can see this place's category grades, which are also quite good.
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Shadescrest Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.319725 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are many datapoints included in this grade. Many of the subcategories are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning patients at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B+. This finished off a very impressive report card. Only a select few nursing homes earned a B+ or higher in all four categories. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. It does not look like this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Shadescrest Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 3.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 2.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who had a fall leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 6.91% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 26.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 34.09% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 8.06% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 98.34% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 7.82% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 4.48% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 4.48% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of 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 health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 20.67% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Shadescrest Health Care Center, 45.51% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Walker Baptist Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.6 miles away3400 Highway 78 East Jasper Alabama 35502Voluntary non-profit - Private(205) 387-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Walker County Dialysis1.72 miles away260 6th Avenue Northwest Jasper Alabama 35504Dialysis Stations: 13 (205) 384-6919
- Rcg Walker2.67 miles away3510 3rd Street Ne Jasper Alabama 35504Dialysis Stations: 22 (205) 221-8775