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CARE CENTER OF OPELIKA
1908-1/2 PEPPERELL PARKWAY
OPELIKA, AL  36801

(334) 749-1471

Size (date of last inspection: 20060428)
225 total beds available
196 current residents
87% occupied

Staff Presence
4.03 nurse hours per resident per day
0.28 with Registered Nurses
1.1 with Licensed Practical Nurses
2.65 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: 20060428)
    2%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    16%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    10%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    1%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    24%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    13%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    54%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    3%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    7%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    9%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    5%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    15%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    8%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    19%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

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    6
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Hire enough skilled workers to carry out dietary service.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    6
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep all essential equipment working safely.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that staff members wash their hands when needed.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20030911Corrected By: 20031125
    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: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep safe, clean and homelike surroundings.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    4
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Do a new assessment after any major change in a resident's physical or mental health.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Make sure that residents receive treatment/services to continue to be able to care for themselves, unless a change is unavoidable.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    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: 20030911Corrected By: 20031125
    4
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    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: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    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: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    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: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Be designed, built, equipped, or well kept to protect the health and safety of residents, workers, and the public.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20030911Corrected By: 20031125
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    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: 20040812Corrected By: 20040926
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    3
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep sound levels comfortable.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602
    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: 20060428Corrected By: 20060602

    Hospitals in Opelika:

    EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER AND SNF
    2000 PEPPERELL PARKWAY
    OPELIKA, AL
    Phone: 3347493411


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