Question

Go to the Internet.
Search for Medicare.gov.
Search for Nursing Home Compare on the Medicare web site.
At Nursing Home Compare, type in the name of your county.
Select three [3] nursing homes from your county.
For each of the 3 nursing homes, review the star rating summary and explain the following:

Overall Rating

Staffing

State Inspections

Quality Measures

And, explain the quality measures system, do NOT just list the ratings.
And, explain why or why not you would place a family member into one of the three nursing homes.

Answer 1

Calhoun County, Alabama

• Aniston Health, and, Rehab Services

1. Overall rating - Below average
2. Staffing - Higher staffing levels mean a higher quality of care for residents; staff has below average rating; total number of residents are one-third the total number of residents. Registered nurse hours per resident per day., and, Certified Nurse Assistant Hours per resident per day are 10 minutes, and, 2 hours 29 minutes respectively.
3. State inspections - Last health inspection was in November 2017; the rating is much below average. The number of complaints in the past that have resulted in a citation is one.
4. Quality Measure System - Quality of resident care is much above average; assessment of the quality of resident care is based on 16 measures. It is listed for short-stay, and, long-stay residents.
5. A family member at this nursing home - The hospital participates in Medicare, and, Medicaid; it is not in a continuing care retirement community. Overall rating is below average, even though, quality of resident care is much above average.

• Diversicare of Oxford

1. Overall rating - Average
2. Staffing - Rating is average. CNA, and, RN hours per resident per day are 2 hours, and, 39 minutes respectively. RN staffing rating is above average.
3. State inspections - Rating average; Last health inspection was in November 2017; the number of complaints in the past 3 years is two.
4. Quality Measure System - Average rating; quality of resident care is much above average.
5. A family member at this nursing home - participates in Medicare, and, Medicaid; not in a continuing care retirement community

• Jacksonville health and rehabilitation, LLC

1. Overall rating - Below Average
2. Staffing - Rating is below average. CNA, and, RN hours per resident per day are 2 hours & 46 minutes, 31 minutes respectively. RN staffing rating is above average.
3. State inspections - Rating much below average; Last health inspection was in November 2017; the number of complaints that resulted in a citation in the past 3 years is two.
4. Quality Measure System - Below Average rating; quality of resident care is much above average.
5. A family member at this nursing home - participates in Medicare, and, Medicaid; not in a continuing care retirement community