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SUNBRIDGE AT MERRY WOOD
P O BOX 130
ELMORE, AL  36025

(334) 567-8484

Size (date of last inspection: 20060601)
124 total beds available
95 current residents
77% occupied

Staff Presence
3.43 nurse hours per resident per day
0.58 with Registered Nurses
0.87 with Licensed Practical Nurses
1.98 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: 20060601)
    6%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    16%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    7%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    3%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    2%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    5%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    0%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    3%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    9%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    2%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    42%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    15%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    6%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    7%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    5%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores

    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: 20060601Corrected By: 20060715
    5
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Make sure that residents are well nourished.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20031211Corrected By: 20040219
    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: 20031211Corrected By: 20040219
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060601Corrected By: 20060715
    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: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331
    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: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331
    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: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331
    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: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep safe, clean and homelike surroundings.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331
    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: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331
    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: 20031211Corrected By: 20040219
    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: 20031211Corrected By: 20040219
    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: 20031211Corrected By: 20040219
    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: 20060601Corrected By: 20060715
    2
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050224Corrected By: 20050331


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