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ESTES NURSING FACILITY NORTHWAY
1424 NORTH 25TH STREET
BIRMINGHAM, AL  35234

(205) 328-5870

Size (date of last inspection: 20060126)
113 total beds available
106 current residents
94% occupied

Staff Presence
3.79 nurse hours per resident per day
0.22 with Registered Nurses
1.05 with Licensed Practical Nurses
2.52 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 councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20060126)
    4%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    9%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    1%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    19%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    10%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    51%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    2%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    0%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    6%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    14%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    4%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    0%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    10%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    8%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    1%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    7
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060202
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Get rid of garbage properly.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040617Corrected By: 20040801
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep safe, clean and homelike surroundings.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    5
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: 1) Develop a complete care plan within 7 days of each resident's admission; 2) prepare a care plan with the care team, including the primary nurse, doctor, resident or resident's family or representative; or 3) check and update the care plan.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040617Corrected By: 20040801
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060202
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040617Corrected By: 20040801
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Keep drugs and other similar products locked safely and properly stored.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060202
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Properly mark drugs and other similar products.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Make sure that the pharmacist reports anything unusual to the doctor on duty and the director of nursing.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    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: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: 1) Develop a complete care plan within 7 days of each resident's admission; 2) prepare a care plan with the care team, including the primary nurse, doctor, resident or resident's family or representative; or 3) check and update the care plan.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide care in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self respect.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep safe, clean and homelike surroundings.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060202
    3
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060202
    3
    1...12
    Quality Care: Provide activities to meet the needs of each resident.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060202
    3
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Have a private telephone available for use.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20030710Corrected By: 20030824
    3
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for; or 2) how to apply for Medicaid, along with the names and addresses of State groups that can help.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040617Corrected By: 20040801
    2
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide care in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self respect.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040617Corrected By: 20040801

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