Nursing home report
Registered name: LIMESTONE NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC
ATHENS, AL · Medicare-certified · 170 beds
Limestone Health Facility has a 3 out of 5 overall rating, with 3-star health inspection and quality scores but a lower 2-star staffing rating. Reported nurse staffing is 3.36 hours per resident per day, below the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and there were $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3592 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3592.
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
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
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 seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited February 2020 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited February 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: D
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 February 2020 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure residents who could safely take their own medicines were allowed to self-administer them. Cited February 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 554 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
The home failed to provide proper bladder and bowel care, including catheter care and steps to prevent urinary tract infections. Cited February 2018 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 690 — 42 CFR §483.25(e) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
Now operated by Limestone Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC, previously Forum Green, INC..
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.
