Nursing home report
GOODWATER, AL · Medicare-certified · 72 beds
5 of 5 stars overall. Goodwater Healthcare Center has 5-star health inspection and staffing ratings, 2-star quality measures, reported nurse staffing above the federal benchmark (4.91 vs 4.1 hours per resident per day), and no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.9108 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.9108.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited March 2018 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: E
The home failed to have an ongoing quality review group that finds problems and makes corrective plans. Cited March 2018 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 867 — 42 CFR §483.75 — S/S: E
The home failed to properly assess a resident after a major change in condition. Cited March 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 637 — 42 CFR §483.20(b)(2) — S/S: D
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited March 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to make survey results easy for residents to see and to help them contact advocate agencies. Cited March 2018 — widespread issue, minimal harm.
F-Tag 577 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: C
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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.
