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WASHINGTON COUNTY NURSING HOME
ST STEPHENS AVENUE
CHATOM, AL  36518

(251) 334-8472

Size (date of last inspection: 20060126)
88 total beds available
77 current residents
88% occupied

Staff Presence
5.06 nurse hours per resident per day
0.46 with Registered Nurses
1.05 with Licensed Practical Nurses
3.55 with Certified Nurse Assistants

Medicare and Medicaid
Yes participant in Medicare
Yes participant in Medicaid

Administration Details
  • This home is owned by the county government
  • This home is located within a hospital
  • The owner does not own other homes
  • This home has resident councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20060126)
    0%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    5%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    4%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    10%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    8%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    9%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    7%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    0%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    9%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    40%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    9%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    7%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    10
    1...12
    Administration: Be administered in a way that leads to the highest possible level of well being for each resident.
    Level of Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safetyScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030801
    5
    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: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    5
    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: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20041021Corrected By: 20041130
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    4
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Make sure that the attending doctor orders special diets.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060224
    4
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060126Corrected By: 20060224
    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: 20041021Corrected By: 20041130
    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: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Make sure that residents who have not taken antipsychotic drugs are not given these drugs, unless they are used to treat a problem that is diagnosed and noted in the medical record.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    3
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    3
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Make sure that residents are well nourished.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    3
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep sound levels comfortable.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829
    3
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20030801Corrected By: 20030829

    Hospitals in Chatom:

    WASHINGTON COUNTY INFIRMARY
    649 ST STEPHENS AVENUE HIGHWAY 56
    CHATOM, AL
    Phone: 2518472223


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