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CLEBURNE COUNTY NURSING HOME

HEFLIN, AL · Medicare-certified · 82 beds

In good standing
Government-run
5 of 5 overall

Cleburne County Nursing Home in Heflin, AL has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars for health inspections, 4 stars for staffing, and 3 stars for quality measures. Reported nurse staffing is 4.17 hours per resident per day, slightly above the 4.1 federal benchmark, with $0 in fines over the last 24 months.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.1677 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: September 28, 2023Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1677.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.55
Licensed practical nurses
0.96
Nurse aides
2.66
Weekend nursing
3.26

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 45%
Registered nurse turnover: 50%

Resident outcomes

Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.

Negative outcomes

Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

32%23.1%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

9.2%2.7%Improving

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

1.5%2.8%Worsening

Residents with a urinary tract infection

3.3%5.6%Worsening

Residents who lost too much weight

0%2.9%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

13.8%5.5%Improving

Residents needing more help with daily activities

39.5%13.9%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

43%27.3%Improving

Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

31.6%25%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

4%4.2%No change

Residents with a long-term catheter

0%0%No change

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

23.3%21.4%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

1.5%1.4%No change

Positive outcomes

Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

100%

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

100%100%No change

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

96%

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

100%100%No change

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited September 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D

The home failed to promptly report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and share the investigation results with the proper authorities. Cited July 2019 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 609 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
Government - County
Occupancy
74.4 residents on an average day (91% of 82 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 59 years

The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.