Brookshire Healthcare Center in Huntsville, AL

Brookshire Healthcare Center is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Huntsville, Alabama. It is located in Madison county at 4320 Judith Lane, Huntsville, Alabama 35805. You can reach out to the office of Brookshire Healthcare Center via phone at (256) 837-1730. This skilled nursing facility has 129 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 73.1%. Its legal business name is Diversicare Leasing Corp. and has the following ownership type - For Profit - Corporation.

Brookshire Healthcare Center (Medicare CCN 015127) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1975 (49 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in May, 2019.

Name	Brookshire Healthcare Center
Location	4320 Judith Lane, Huntsville, Alabama
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	129
Occupancy Rate	73.1%
Medicare ID (CCN)	015127
Legal Business Name	Diversicare Leasing Corp.
Ownership Type	For Profit - Corporation

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Brookshire Healthcare Center from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1821086562
Organization Name	DIVERSICARE LEASING LP
Doing Business As	BROOKSHIRE HEALTHCARE CENTER
Address	4320 Judith Ln Sw, Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone Number	256-837-1730

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NPI Number	1871291203
Organization Name	BROOKSHIRE SNF OPERATIONS LLC
Doing Business As	BROOKSHIRE HEALTHCARE CENTER
Address	4320 Judith Ln Sw, Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone Number	256-837-1730

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Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Brookshire Healthcare Center are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Brookshire Healthcare Center give to their patients.

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	0
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$0
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	0

The resident survey data of Brookshire Healthcare Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	10.37	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	11.55	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	38.52	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.96	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	0.88	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	0.84	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	1.58	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	98.94	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	15.12	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	67.86	83.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication	1.06	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened	17.61	17.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	15.19	19.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers	2.46	7.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	99.5	95.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function	83.78	67.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	86.87	82.93

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