St Martin's in the Pines
4941 Montevallo Road, Birmingham AL 35210 · (205) 956-1831 · 88.43% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
St Martin's in the Pines is a nursing home located in Birmingham, Alabama which has 493,806 people. Featuring an overall grade of A, we deemed this nursing home as ranked among the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. Overall grades in this range are a great indication of a world class facility. We really can not say enough good things about this place. If you look below, you can see this place's category ratings, which are also quite good.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 128 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered in addition to this facility's above average nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 97.16495 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly. This combination proved to be effective as this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.51 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is largely tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This place offers a very impressive 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is among the highest totals in Alabama. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this nursing home is its inspection score. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Surprisingly, this nursing home received a category L deficiency, which is not what we expected based on its inspection score. These are the most concerning deficiencies. This category of deficiency means the government inspectors identified a widespread deficiency placing resident safety or health in imminent jeopardy. Even a single serious deficiency of this nature should be taken seriously. In spite of this major red flag, other aspects of this facility's inspection report gave us some hope.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next area, this facility received a high-end short-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ in that area, wrapping up one of our more favorable profiles. Our short-term care grades are arguably more important for people requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. It performed decently in this area, with 47.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Martin's in the Pines Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, 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 indicates the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better