Alacare was assigned to provide home health care for my mother after being discharged from the hospital. Not once did the staff refer for care for any problems that she was having resulting in three hospitalizations the 3rd resulted in her death.
Alacare Decatur
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Home Health Reviews for Alacare Decatur
October 11, 2017
I am a past client of this provider
About Alacare Decatur
Alacare Home Health & Hospice is dedicated to providing patients with the highest level of care available in thebest environment--the patient's own home. Founded in 1970 by Charles D. Beard, Jr., the agency is still owned and operated by the Beard family today. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and with 23 branch offices covering almost every county in the state, Alacare Home Health and Hospice is Alabama's oldest and largest family owned, Medicare-certified home health agency.
Licensed nurses and aides provide all patient care throughout Alacare service areas. Staff members assess and monitor the patient's health-care needs, educate patients and caregivers and collaborate with attending physicians to promote continuity of care.
Basic skilled nursing services may include:
- Assessment
- Disease state management teaching
- Injections
- Urinary catheter insertion/maintenance
- Wound care management
- Parenteral feedings and care
- Infusion therapy
Services and Amenities of Alacare Decatur
Medicare
- Overall:
- Medicare Provider Number: 017326
- Ownership Type: Private
- Date Certified: 10/11/2001
Quality of Service
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Timeliness of providing service95.4%
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Taught patient or caregivers about their drugs99.7%
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Checked patient's risk of falling100%
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Checked patient for depression99.8%
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Checked for flu vaccination83.9%
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Checked for pneumonia shot86.7%
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Provided diabetes specific care including getting doctors orders, giving foot care, and teatching patients about foot care99.9%
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How often patients had less pain moving around89.9%
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How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital18.2%
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How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted11.8%
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How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, had to be re-admitted to the hospitalWorse Than Expected
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How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, received care in the hospital emergency room without being re-admitted to the hospitalWorse Than Expected
Patient Improvement
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Walking or moving around83.1%
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Getting in and out of bed77.1%
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Bathing83.2%
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Breathing83.5%
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Wounds/healing after an operation94.9%
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Medication compliance77.6%
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