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Northside Health Care
700 Hutchins Avenue, Gadsden, AL 35901
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Northside Health Care Description
Northside Health Care is a very large 115 bed community that offers assisted living, memory care, nursing care, hospice and rehabilitation and is about 3.6 miles outside the town of Gadsden, Alabama and is part of the Diversicare network of communities. Residents who live at the facility are able to choose from a range of studio room layouts.
The community has an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 making it the 3rd highest rated community in the city out of 4 communities. See more information on reviews.
The Nursing Home at this community has a 2 star rating out of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. To see more information from CMS you can check out the report here.
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Care Types at Community
This community offers the following types of care
Assisted Living
Assisted living offers a supportive community environment with personalized care and assistance for seniors who value their independence but need help with daily activities.
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Memory Care
Memory care offers specialized support for seniors with Alzheimer's and dementia, focusing on safety, personalized care, and enhancing life quality.
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Nursing Home
Nursing Homes provide a nurturing environment offering round-the-clock care, personalized support, and community activities for seniors needing assistance with daily living.
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Review Summary
The following is an AI generated summary of the reviews of the community from across the web.
Negative Reviews:
- Facilities described as outdated, unclean, and poorly managed.
- Reports of neglect including lack of personal hygiene care for residents and inadequate feeding practices.
- Complaints about staff behavior, including theft of client property and disrespectful treatment of residents.
- Issues with communication, with family members struggling to get updates or make contact.
- Concerns over understaffing and staff qualifications, impacting the level of care provided.
- Incidents of residents not receiving timely assistance, leading to falls and lack of basic amenities like food and pain relief.
- Physical environment criticized for being in disrepair and not accommodating special dietary needs.
Positive Reviews:
- Some family members observed caring and attentive staff.
- Positive experiences noted by a few reviewers, highlighting friendly and helpful staff.
- Good nursing and patient care staff mentioned, suggesting variability in care quality.
Overall: The majority of reviews express significant concerns about the quality of care, staff behavior, and facility conditions. However, there are isolated reports of satisfactory experiences, indicating some positive aspects amidst the criticisms.
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Health
Information from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Nursing Home Ratings
Overall rating: 2
Health inspection rating: 2
Staffing rating: 2
Quality measure rating: 2
Long-term quality measure rating:
2
Short-term quality measure rating:
2
Nursing Home Overview
Participation
date: Aug. 21, 1978
Ownership type: For Profit
Provider
type: Medicare and Medicaid
Nursing home capacity: 115
Total current residents: 88
Facility is located in a hospital: No
Automatic sprinkler system: Yes
Resident and family council: Resident
Facility Incident, Complaints and Fines
Number of
facility
incidents: 0
Number of
substantiated complaints: 1
Number of payment denials: 0
Number of fines: 0
Total cost of fines: $0
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services give each Nursing Home a Star Rating from 1-5 with 5 being the highest.
The graph below shows information from this Nursing Home as well as State and National averages over time.
Use the dropdown below to view each data pointThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gather information about the number of hours of care provided on average to each resident each day by staff as well as the turnover of staff.
The graph below shows information from this Nursing Home as well as State and National averages over time.
Use the dropdown below to view each data pointThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tracks information around emergency department and hospital visits for residents of Nursing Homes.
The graph below shows information from this Nursing Home as well as State and National averages over time.
Use the dropdown below to view each data pointThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tracks information around quality measures for residents of Nursing Homes.
The graph below shows information from this Nursing Home as well as State and National averages over time.
Use the dropdown below to view each data pointThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tracks information around COVID-19 vaccination rates of Nursing Home residents and staff members.
The graph below shows information from this Nursing Home as well as State and National averages over time.
Use the dropdown below to view each data pointHealth and Fire Safety Deficiencies
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid report health and fire safety deficiencies. Some of these deficiencies are more severe than others. The following table shows different levels of severity.
| Scope | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Severity of Deficiency | Isolated | Pattern | Widespread |
| Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety | J | K | L |
| Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy | G | H | I |
| No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy | D | E | F |
| No actual harm with potential for minimal harm | A | B | C |
Fire Safety Deficiencies
| Survey Date | Correction Date | Letter | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-22 | 2019-11-22 | D | Egress Deficiencies | Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width. |
| 2019-10-22 | 2019-11-22 | D | Smoke Deficiencies | Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. |
| 2019-10-22 | 2019-11-22 | F | Smoke Deficiencies | Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. |
| 2019-10-22 | 2019-11-22 | D | Miscellaneous Deficiencies | To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals. |
| 2018-09-11 | 2018-10-16 | D | Smoke Deficiencies | Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility. |
| 2018-09-11 | 2018-09-28 | D | Smoke Deficiencies | Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. |
| 2018-09-11 | 2018-09-28 | D | Services Deficiencies | Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-08-22 | D | Smoke Deficiencies | Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. |
Health Safety Deficiencies
| Survey Date | Correction Date | Letter | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-13 | 2022-10-03 | D | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. |
| 2019-10-17 | 2019-11-21 | F | Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. |
| 2019-10-17 | 2019-11-21 | D | Infection Control Deficiencies | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. |
| 2022-02-11 | 2022-03-08 | D | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. |
| 2022-02-11 | 2022-03-08 | D | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. |
| 2022-02-11 | 2022-03-08 | D | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. |
| 2018-09-06 | 2018-09-29 | D | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. |
| 2018-09-06 | 2018-09-29 | D | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. |
| 2018-09-06 | 2018-09-29 | F | Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. |
| 2018-09-06 | 2018-09-29 | D | Infection Control Deficiencies | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-07 | D | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-07 | D | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-07 | D | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-07 | E | Environmental Deficiencies | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-07 | F | Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies | Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-09-07 | E | Administration Deficiencies | Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility |
What is in the Neighborhood
- The closest city is Gadsden which is 3.6 miles away and has a population of 36,084 (mid sized town).
- The average income is $60,557, which is average compared to other zip codes.
- Weather
- High Temperature: 83
- Low Temperature: 45
- Average Temperature: 65.3
- Day Breakdown: The area gets 176 days of rain, 3 days of snow and 185 days of sun
- Precipitation: 2.9 inches a year
- The crime rate is 10.52 per 100 people which is very high compared to other cities.
- Violent Crime: 3.51 incidents per 100 people
- Property Crime: 6.18 incidents per 100 people
- Drug-Related Crime: 0.13 incidents per 100 people
- The average life expectancy in zip code is 72.52 years old, which is very low compared to other zip codes.
- Air Quality: Good Days 140.0, Moderate Days 39.0, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Days 0.0, Unhealthy Days 0.0, Very Unhealthy Days 0.0, Hazardous Days 0.0
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Supermarkets
Walmart Supercenter
2.7 miles awayAldi
3.2 miles awayCashsaver
6.4 miles awayPublix
7.9 miles awayLion Foods
18.3 miles awayNone Found
None Found
Banks
Regions
5.6 miles awayRegions Bank
19.3 miles awayBBVA Compass
19.8 miles awayFarmers & Merchant's Bank
20.1 miles awayFarmers' & Merchants' Bank
20.1 miles awayHospitals
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
2.4 miles awayRiverview Regional Medical Center
3.8 miles awayMountain View Hospital
4.2 miles awayMarshall Medical Center South
16.9 miles awayCherokee Medical Center
19.1 miles awayPharmacies
CVS Pharmacy
2.9 miles awayWalgreens
19.2 miles awayCrow Drug
19.3 miles awayDentists
Eric Lafayette, DMD
19.7 miles awayParks
North Gadsden Park
1.0 miles awayNoccalula Falls
3.7 miles awayGadsden Moragne Park
3.7 miles awayGadsden Kiwanis Park
3.9 miles awaySequoyah Park
4.2 miles awayNone Found
Shopping
Coosa Town Center
2.9 miles awayGadsden Mall
4.4 miles awayLenlock Shopping Center
23.3 miles awayWal-Mart Supercenter
23.5 miles awayAnniston Plaza
25.5 miles awayCulture
Carlton Ward Theater
18.5 miles awayRestaurants
Shoney's
3.0 miles awayChili's
4.0 miles awayThe Fish Market
4.0 miles awayVilla Fiesta
4.1 miles awayLogan's Roadhouse
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Licensing
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