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HERITAGE HEALTH CARE AND REHAB INC
1101 SNOWS MILL AVENUE
TUSCALOOSA, AL  35406

(205) 759-5179

Size (date of last inspection: 20050127)
216 total beds available
197 current residents
91% occupied

Staff Presence
4.32 nurse hours per resident per day
0.42 with Registered Nurses
1 with Licensed Practical Nurses
2.9 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 not own other homes
  • This home has resident and family councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20050127)
    5%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    13%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    7%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    4%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
    9%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    12%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    8%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    1%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    9%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    33%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    12%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    24%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    16%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    59%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder

    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: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    6
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    6
    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: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    5
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Properly mark drugs and other similar products.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    5
    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: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Immediately tell the resident, doctor, and a family member if: the resident is injured, there is a major change in resident's physical/mental health, there is a need to alter treatment significantly, or the resident must be transferred or discharged.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20050127Corrected By: 20050520
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20050127Corrected By: 20050510
    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: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    4
    1...12
    Mistreatment: 1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    4
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Make sure that residents are well nourished.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20020920Corrected By: 20021107
    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: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    4
    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: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Give or get lab tests to meet the needs of residents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050127Corrected By: 20050520
    3
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Allow residents to easily see the results of the nursing home's most recent survey.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20031120Corrected By: 20040104

    Hospitals in Tuscaloosa:

    D C H REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    809 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD EAST
    TUSCALOOSA, AL
    Phone: 2057597111


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