ALPHA MANOR NURSING HOME
The information listed below provides an in-depth look into the type and quality of care offered at Alpha Manor Nursing Home. It is important to note that when evaluating if a nursing home is right for you or a loved one, ratings should not be taken as the sole deciding factor, but as one of many aspects to be considered.
Address
ALPHA MANOR NURSING HOME
440 E GRAND BLVD
DETROIT, MI 48207
(313) 579-2900
440 E GRAND BLVD
DETROIT, MI 48207
(313) 579-2900
Nursing Home Ratings
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Percent of Beds Occupied
84%Number of Residents and Certified Beds
- Residents: 67
- Certified Beds: 80
This Facility Accepts
- Medicare
- Medicaid
Operational Details
- Operated By For Profit - Corporation
- Offers Only Resident Counseling
- This Facility is Part of a Chain or Franchise
Resident Services
The information below lists services this facility has provided for residents from October through December 2010. During this period, the most common type of service provided was "Very High Rehabilitation". To get a better idea of the types of services that are commonly performed, compare the "Percent of Service Days" column below. These services are based on submitted claims to Medicare and do not provide a complete overview of all the services provided by Alpha Manor Nursing Home. For more information read our guide on how nursing facilities are reimbursed, types of services, and ADL index scores.
| Resident Services | Resident Conditions | Percent of Service Days |
Ultra-High Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation 720 Minutes Per Week Minimum
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
- A second rehabilitation discipline three days/week
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 17.2% |
| Total Percent: | 17.2% |
Very High Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation 500 Minutes Per Week Minimum
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 9.1% |
| ADL Index Range: 0-5 | 53.8% |
| Total Percent: | 62.9% |
High Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation 325 Minutes Per Week Minimum
- At least one rehabilitation discipline five days/week
| ADL Index Range: 6-10 | 3.2% |
| ADL Index Range: 0-5 | 7.5% |
| Total Percent: | 10.8% |
Medium Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation 150 Minutes Per Week Minimum
- Five days any combination of three rehabilitation disciplines
| ADL Index Range: 0-5 | 8.6% |
| Total Percent: | 8.6% |
Clinically Complex
- Pneumonia, hemiplegia with ADL score >=5
- Surgical wounds or open lesions with treatment
- Burns
- Chemotherapy while a resident
- Oxygen therapy while a resident
- IV medications or transfusions while a resident
- Extensive Services, Special Care High or Special Care Low qualifier and ADL score of 0 or 1
| ADL Index Range: 2-5 - No Signs of depression | 0.5% |
| Total Percent: | 0.5% |
Rating Details For Alpha Manor Nursing Home
Nursing Staff - 
The nursing staff is the most important part of what determines the quality of care and comfort of a resident in a nursing home. Government regulations set expectations on time spent with each resident based on the services being provided. The breakdown below lists the nursing types (RN, LPN, LVN, CNA) and a comparison of the reported and expected hours per resident per day.
| Nursing Hours Per Resident Per Day | Reported | Expected |
| Registered Nurse (RN) Hours | 33 Minutes | 1 Hour and 2 Minutes |
| Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) Hours | 39 Minutes | 40 Minutes |
| Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Hours | 1 Hour and 46 Minutes | 2 Hours and 10 Minutes |
| Total Licensed Nurse Hours | 1 Hour and 12 Minutes | 1 Hour and 42 Minutes |
| Total Nurse Hours | 2 Hours and 58 Minutes | 3 Hours and 52 Minutes |
Quality of Care - 
Medicare determines quality of care ratings for nursing facilities by surveying several "quality measures", which are broken down into long-term and short-term stay residents, as well as if the action is preventive or if there is a deficiency in the quality of care. State averages for Michigan are also provided for comparison purposes. Note: Figures below are averaged over the past nine months.
| This Facility | Michigan Average |
Long-Term Stay Preventive Actions
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season | 90-100% | 89% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination | 90% | 89% |
Long-Term Stay Deficiencies
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain | 3% | 3% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Physically Restrained | 8% | 5% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Need for Help with Daily Activities Has Increased | 9% | 12% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse | 3% | 10% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair | - | 4% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight | 5% | 8% |
| Percent of Low-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores | 1% | 3% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Had a Urinary Tract Infection | 4% | 9% |
| Percent of Low-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder | 59% | 52% |
| Percent of High-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores | 23% | 10% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder | 1% | 5% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Are More Depressed or Anxious | 5% | 13% |
Short-Term Stay Preventive Actions
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination | 78% | 84% |
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season | 87% | 84% |
Short-Term Stay Deficiencies
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain | 8% | 21% |
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores | 17% | 11% |
| Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Have Delirium | 2% | 2% |
Health Inspection Details - 
All Medicare and/or Medicaid certified nursing home must undergo health inspections on average once a year, but may be more frequent if the facility is peforming poorly. These inspections cover most aspects of life in a nursing home, and are broken down into deficiencies types, which including: Pharmacy Service, Administration, Resident Rights, Nutrition and Dietary, Resident Assessment, Environmental, and Mistreatment. Below are the list of deficiencies found by inspectors in the past few years along with the degree of harm and how many residents may have been affected. Note: The most recent health survey was on 10/14/2010.
Degree of Harm
- Potential for Minimal Harm
- Minimal Harm or Potential for Harm
- Resident Harmed
- Immediate Jeopardy to Resident Health
Residents Affected
- Isolated
- Some Residents
- Many Residents
| Deficiencies Found By Inspectors | Degree of Harm | Residents Affected |
Administration
Set Up or Keep a Group of People to Review and Ensure Quality.
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Give or Get Lab Tests to Meet the Needs of Residents.
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Environmental
Have a Program to Keep Infection from Spreading.
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Provide Rooms That Are Big Enough for Each Resident.
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Make Sure That the Nursing Home Area is Free of Dangers That Cause Accidents.
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Have a Program to Keep Infection from Spreading.
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Provide Rooms That Are Big Enough for Each Resident.
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Provide Bedrooms That Don't Allow Residents to See Each Other when Privacy is Needed.
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Provide Needed Housekeeping and Maintenance.
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Have a Program to Keep Infection from Spreading.
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Keep All Essential Equipment Working Safely.
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Provide Rooms That Are Big Enough for Each Resident.
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Mistreatment
Protect Each Resident from All Abuse, Physical Punishment, and Being Separated from Others.
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Write and Use Policies That Forbid Mistreatment, Neglect and Abuse of Residents and Theft of Residents' Property.
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Protect Residents from Mistreatment, Neglect, And/Or Theft of Personal Property.
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Pharmacy Service
1) Make Sure That Residents Who Take Drugs Are Not Given Too Many Doses or for Too Long; 2) Make Sure That the Use of Drugs is Carefully Watched; or 3) Stop or Change Drugs That Cause Unwanted Effects.
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1) Make Sure That Residents Who Take Drugs Are Not Given Too Many Doses or for Too Long; 2) Make Sure That the Use of Drugs is Carefully Watched; or 3) Stop or Change Drugs That Cause Unwanted Effects.
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Properly Mark Drugs and Other Similar Products.
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Quality Care
Provide Social Services for Related Medical Problems to Help Each Resident Achieve the Highest Possible Quality of Life.
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Give Professional Services That Meet a Professional Standard of Quality.
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Give Each Resident Care and Services to Get or Keep the Highest Quality of Life Possible.
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Make Sure That Residents with Reduced Range of Motion Get Proper Treatment and Services to Increase Range of Motion.
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Make Sure That a Resident Does Not Become Withdrawn, Angry or Depressed if These Problems Did Not Exist Before.
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Develop/Implement Required Procedures for the Administration of Immunizations.
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Make Sure That Each Resident's Nutritional Needs Were Met.
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Properly Care for Residents Needing Special Services, Including: Injections, Colostomy, Ureostomy, Ileostomy, Tracheostomy Care, Tracheal Suctioning, Respiratory Care, Foot Care, and Prostheses.
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Give Professional Services That Meet a Professional Standard of Quality.
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Resident Assessment
Develop a Complete Care Plan That Meets All of a Resident's Needs, with Timetables and Actions That Can Be Measured.
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1) Develop a Complete Care Plan Within 7 Days of Each Resident's Admission; 2) Prepare a Care Plan with the Care Team, Including the Primary Nurse, Doctor, Resident or Resident's Family or Representative; or 3) Check and Update the Care Plan.
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Keep Assessments Completed in the Preceding 15 Months in the Resident's Active Record.
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Make Sure That Doctors See a Resident's Plan of Care at Every Visit and Make Notes About Progress and Orders in Writing.
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Provide a Final Summary of the Resident's Health Status and a Summary of the Resident's Stay, when the Resident is Ready to Leave the Nursing Home.
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Resident Rights
Tell Each Resident Who Can Get Medicaid Benefits About 1) Which Items and Services Medicaid Covers and Which the Resident Must Pay For; or 2) How to Apply for Medicaid, Along with the Names and Addresses of State Groups That Can Help.
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Have a Private Telephone Available for Use.
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Provide Care in a Way That Keeps or Builds Each Resident's Dignity and Self Respect.
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Enforcement
Below is a list of any civil penalities or denials of payment for new admissions (DPNA) that this facility received in the previous three years. Note: Monetary figures are not available for DPNAs.
| Action Taken | Date | Amount |
| Civil Money Penalty (CMP) | 12/17/2009 | $993 |
Deficiencies from Complaints and Incidents
The table below lists incident reports by the nursing staff or administration for Alpha Manor Nursing Home, as well as complaints by residents or their family in the previous three years.
Degree of Harm
- - Potential for Minimal Harm
- - Minimal Harm or Potential for Harm
- - Resident Harmed
- - Immediate Jeopardy to Resident Health
Residents Affected
- - Isolated
- - Some Residents
- - Many Residents
| Formal Complaints | Degree of Harm | Residents Affected |
Mistreatment
Protect Each Resident from All Abuse, Physical Punishment, and Being Separated from Others.
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Protect Each Resident from All Abuse, Physical Punishment, and Being Separated from Others.
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Quality Care
Give Each Resident Care and Services to Get or Keep the Highest Quality of Life Possible.
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Resident Assessment
Develop a Plan with the Resident and Family for the Resident's Care After Leaving the Nursing Home.
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Fire Safety
Nursing homes certified by Medicare and/or Medicaid are required to have fire safety inspections to meet Life Safety Code (LSC) standards. Below is a list of deficiencies that Alpha Manor Nursing Home had in recent fire safety inspections. This information can be used to see if all standards were met, the degree of harm, the number of residents affected, and the date when deficiencies were corrected. Note: The most recent fire safety survey was on 10/14/2010.
Degree of Harm
- - Potential for Minimal Harm
- - Minimal Harm or Potential for Harm
- - Resident Harmed
- - Immediate Jeopardy to Resident Health
Residents Affected
- - Isolated
- - Some Residents
- - Many Residents
| Deficiencies Found By Inspectors | Degree of Harm | Residents Affected |
Corridor Walls and Doors
Corridor and Hallway Doors That Block Smoke.
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Corridor and Hallway Doors That Block Smoke.
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Electrical
Weekly Inspections and Monthly Testing of Generators.
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Weekly Inspections and Monthly Testing of Generators.
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Emergency Plans and Fire Drills
Did Not Have a Written Emergency Evacuation Plan.
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Did Not Have a Written Emergency Evacuation Plan.
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Fire Alarm Systems
An Approved Back-Up Procedure for a Faulty Fire Alarm System.
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Hazardous Area
Construction That Can Resist Fire for One Hour or an Approved Fire Extinguishing System.
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Construction That Can Resist Fire for One Hour or an Approved Fire Extinguishing System.
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Smoke Compartmentation and Control
Walls or Barriers That Prevent Smoke from Passing Through and Would Resist Fire for at Least One Hour.
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Source: Medicare Nursing Home Compare; Michigan Department of Community Health - Retrieved 2011
