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JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME
WOODS COVE ROAD
SCOTTSBORO, AL  35768

(256) 218-3708

Size (date of last inspection: 20051201)
50 total beds available
47 current residents
94% occupied

Staff Presence
5.12 nurse hours per resident per day
0.36 with Registered Nurses
1.31 with Licensed Practical Nurses
3.45 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 own other homes
  • This home has resident and family councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20051201)
    0%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    0%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    0%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    5%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    26%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    20%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    42%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    2%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    0%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    16%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    7%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    10%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    6%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    9%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    7
    1...12
    Quality Care: Make sure that each resident's nutritional needs were met.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051201Corrected By: 20060309
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    5
    1...12
    Quality Care: Provide social services for related medical problems to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060309
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    4
    1...12
    Environmental: Keep temperature levels comfortable and safe.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    4
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060309
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    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: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115
    3
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Have a private telephone available for use.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20051201Corrected By: 20060309
    3
    1...12
    Administration: Get services outside the nursing home that meet professional standards.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20051201Corrected By: 20060115

    Hospitals in Scottsboro:

    JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL
    380 WOODS COVE ROAD
    SCOTTSBORO, AL
    Phone: 2562594444


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