Summerford Nursing Home is one of just a couple available nursing homes located in Falkville, Alabama. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires strong scores in most areas. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Summerford Nursing Home
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place is a quality facility is that it earned an impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In that area, we gave it an A. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category with a grade of B+. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we gave it one of our better grades in that area, with a score of B. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home received an acceptable nursing score. Although this wasn't quite as impressive as a few of its other category grades, this is truly nothing to be ashamed of. Nursing grades are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Summerford Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Summerford Nursing Home, 5.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Summerford Nursing Home, 7.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Summerford Nursing Home, 3.82% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Summerford Nursing Home, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Summerford Nursing Home, 36.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Summerford Nursing Home, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Summerford Nursing Home, 99.83% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Summerford Nursing Home, 22.09% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Summerford Nursing Home, 27.15% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Summerford Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Summerford Nursing Home, 27.15% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Summerford Nursing Home, 12.35% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Summerford Nursing Home, 70.3% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cullman Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.25 miles away1912 Alabama Highway 157 Cullman Alabama 35058Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 737-2000
- Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur CampusAcute Care Hospitals 14.52 miles away1201 7th Street Se Decatur Alabama 35601Government - Hospital District or Authority(256) 341-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio Medical Applications of Alabama Inc12.83 miles away2834 Spring Avenue Sw Decatur Alabama 35603Dialysis Stations: 20 (256) 885-1740
- Dialysis Services of Decatur, LLC13.12 miles away2705 Highway 31 South Decatur Alabama 35603Dialysis Stations: 21 (256) 350-8882
- Dci Cullman13.86 miles away1734 Eva Road Ne Cullman Alabama 35055CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (256) 734-3055
- Dci Decatur14.03 miles away1601 6th Avenue South East Decatur Alabama 35601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (256) 350-8882
- Home Dialysis of North Alabama14.37 miles away1216 Somerville Road, Se Decatur Alabama 35601Dialysis Stations: 1 (256) 340-0012
- Renal Treatment Centers Southeast Lp16.4 miles away1830 Lee Ave Sw Suite B-D Cullman Alabama 35055Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 736-9276
- Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.16.48 miles away1850 Parkland Dr Ne Cullman Alabama 35058Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 736-1051
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc.17.13 miles away208 Broadway Dr Sw Cullman Alabama 35055Dialysis Stations: 10 (256) 737-8222