ELBA NURSING HOME (ELBA, AL) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.610
Alabama:	0.613

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.400
Alabama:	1.059

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	2.020
Alabama:	1.672

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.030
Alabama:	0.045

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.030
Alabama:	0.048

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

This Nursing Home:	0.023%
Alabama:	0.208%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

Here:	8
State:	8

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	97.2%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	92.0%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	97.1%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

This Nursing Home:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Nursing Home:	100.0%
State:	99.2%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	100.0%
State:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.0%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.4%
Alabama:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Nursing Home:	17.2%
State:	18.6%

Complaint Deficiency

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Restrictions on the use of flammable curtains
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Provide access to a telephone for resident to use in private
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridors that are separated from common areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
A separate and independent backup electrical power source
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper exit design
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
A separate and independent backup electrical power source
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	7.1%
State:	13.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	7.1%
State:	9.6%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Nursing Home:	2.8%
Alabama:	5.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

Here:	1.9%
State:	3.4%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	7.0%
State:	5.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	8.7%
State:	2.9%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	3.5%
State:	3.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	100.0%
Alabama:	95.1%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	91.7%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	100.0%
Alabama:	83.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	17.9%
Alabama:	27.0%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 30%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Nursing Home:	3%
Alabama:	6%

Usually

Here:	16%
Alabama:	15%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Usually

This Nursing Home:	7%
Alabama:	11%

Always

Here:	93%
State:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	12%

Usually

This Nursing Home:	12%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	82%
Alabama:	66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	9%

Usually

This Nursing Home:	13%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	79%
State:	71%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
State:	19%

Usually

This Nursing Home:	11%
Alabama:	16%

Always

Here:	73%
State:	65%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

This Nursing Home:	6%
Alabama:	11%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	19%

Always

This Nursing Home:	75%
State:	70%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

This Nursing Home:	3%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	23%
Alabama:	24%

Always

Here:	74%
Alabama:	70%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

This Nursing Home:	77%
State:	81%

This Nursing Home:	23%
State:	19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

Here:	3%
Alabama:	8%

7 or 8

This Nursing Home:	21%
Alabama:	22%

9 or 10

This Nursing Home:	76%
State:	70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	4%
State:	5%

Yes, probably

This Nursing Home:	22%
Alabama:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Nursing Home:	74%
State:	70%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Nursing Home:	$5,985
Alabama:	$20,246

Average Total Payments

This Nursing Home:	$5,288
Alabama:	$5,159

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	10.34%
Alabama:	0.59%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$4,940
State:	$12,821

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,817
State:	$3,841

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	10.34%
Alabama:	0.41%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$4,977
State:	$17,387

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,259
State:	$4,978

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	9.48%
State:	1.97%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$5,509
Alabama:	$17,880

Average Total Payments

This Nursing Home:	$4,414
Alabama:	$4,242

Number of discharges: 29

This Nursing Home:	25.00%
Alabama:	4.04%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Nursing Home:	$5,488
Alabama:	$17,029

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,899
State:	$4,494

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	15.52%
State:	3.20%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,443
Alabama:	$24,297

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,323
State:	$5,893

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	15.52%
Alabama:	3.09%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,501
Alabama:	$16,519

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,455
State:	$4,182

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	13.79%
State:	1.41%

ELBA NURSING HOME - ELBA, AL

Staff Information

Use of Medical Imaging

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Complaint Deficiency

Quality Measures

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

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