Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home in Dothan, Alabama. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a high-end rating. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good.
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Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed as well in this category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat 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
This nursing home also was awarded a first-rate long-term care grade. Indeed, this is this facility's second best category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life or death ailment for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third category, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care score. In fact, it received a score of A in this area. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more critical for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we scored is nursing. This facility received an above average nursing score this year, with a B. While this wasn't as impressive as many of its other grades, this is still one of the better grades for this area. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.69% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.95% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.63% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 99.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.68% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.14% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.14% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.29% of Patients
This indicates 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 Westside Terrace Health & Rehabilitation Center, 92.27% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Flowers HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.47 miles away4370 West Main Street Dothan Alabama 36305Proprietary(334) 793-5000
- Southeast Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.83 miles away1108 Ross Clark Circle Dothan Alabama 36301Government - Hospital District or Authority(334) 793-8701
- Dale Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.57 miles away126 Hospital Ave Ozark Alabama 36360Government - Hospital District or Authority(334) 774-2601
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio Medical Applications of Alabama Inc0.18 miles away118 Obrannan Park Drive Dothan Alabama 36303Dialysis Stations: 16 (334) 340-4055
- Dothan Dialysis0.73 miles away216 Graceland Dr. Dothan Alabama 36305CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (334) 793-4077
- Dci Dothan5.39 miles away1630 Columbia Hwy Dothan Alabama 36303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (334) 793-3519
- Curecanti Dialysis LLC5.54 miles away1763 E Main Street Dothan Alabama 36301Dialysis Stations: 3 (334) 673-0246
- Davita Wiregrass Kidney Center5.75 miles away1450 Ross Clark Circle Suite 200 Dothan Alabama 36301CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (334) 792-8907
- Ozark Dialysis18.31 miles away195 Bunting Drive Ozark Alabama 36360Dialysis Stations: 19 (334) 774-1410