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CHERRY HILL HEALTHCARE CENTER
1250 JEFF GERMANY PARKWAY
BIRMINGHAM, AL  35214

(205) 796-0214

Size (date of last inspection: 20050901)
95 total beds available
92 current residents
97% occupied

Staff Presence
1.77 nurse hours per resident per day
0.26 with Registered Nurses
0.35 with Licensed Practical Nurses
1.16 with Certified Nurse Assistants

Medicare and Medicaid
Yes participant in Medicare
Yes participant in Medicaid

Administration Details
  • This home is owned by a for-profit corporation
  • This home is not located within a hospital
  • The owner does own other homes
  • This home has resident and family councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20050901)
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    2%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    8%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    4%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    8%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    4%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    53%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    6%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    11%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    13%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    13%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    1%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    3%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    2%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    7
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    6
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20041210
    6
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    6
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    6
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    6
    1...12
    Quality Care: Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    5
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide services to meet the needs and preferences of each resident.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20030620Corrected By: 20030804
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Make a complete assessment that covers all questions for areas that are listed in official regulations.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Make a complete assessment that covers all questions for areas that are listed in official regulations.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030620Corrected By: 20030804
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Keep assessments completed in the preceding 15 months in the resident's active record.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Make a complete assessment that covers all questions for areas that are listed in official regulations.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    4
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20041210
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Get services outside the nursing home that meet professional standards.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030620Corrected By: 20030804
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Move, clean and store sheets, towels and other linens in a way that prevents the spread of infection.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20041210
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Check and update (if needed) each resident's assessment every 3 months.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Make sure all assessments are accurate, coordinated by an RN, done by the right professional, and are signed by the person completing them.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20041210
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide services to meet the needs and preferences of each resident.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    4
    1...12
    Mistreatment: 1) Hire only people who have 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.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Quickly give a resident's personal money to the heads of his or her estate after the resident's death.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20040808
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that staff members wash their hands when needed.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040624Corrected By: 20041210
    3
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Keep assessments completed in the preceding 15 months in the resident's active record.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20030620Corrected By: 20030804
    3
    1...12
    Administration: Get services outside the nursing home that meet professional standards.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20050901Corrected By: 20051016

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