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Avalon Healthcare Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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1270 Sw Main Blvd,
Lake City FL 32055

(386) 752-7900

87.15% estimated occupancy 1

Avalon Healthcare Center is one of a mere three available facilities located in Lake City, Florida. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable rating. In our view, this place is a solid choice for most people. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to performing well overall, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. Inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

Another reason we graded this facility so favorably is that it was given an A+ long-term care score. This is simply as elite as it gets in this category. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's worst area is short-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of just D. We wanted to draw your attention to this possible weak link, however, you shouldn't focus exclusively on one bad area either. With our short-term care category, we endeavor to forge a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 3.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Avalon Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 7.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 4.66% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who have suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 2.28% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 5.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 39.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 4.92% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 8.84% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the decline of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 11.08% of Residents

This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 11.08% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 5.07% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Avalon Healthcare Center, 78.37% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.54 miles away368 Ne Franklin St Lake City Florida 32055Voluntary non-profit - Private(386) 292-8000
  • Lake City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.85 miles away340 Nw Commerce Dr Lake City Florida 32055Proprietary(386) 719-9000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Bma - Lake City0.16 miles away1445 Sw Main Blvd Ste 120 Lake City Florida 32025Dialysis Stations: 25 (386) 755-4990
  • Columbia County Dialysis1.22 miles away1389 W Us Hwy 90 #100a Lake City Florida 32055Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 292-8989
  • Lake City Home Therapies4.58 miles away215 Sw Prosperity Place Suite 101 Lake City Florida 32024Dialysis Stations: 5 (386) 758-2202
  • Fmc-Lake City West4.64 miles away179 Sw Prosperity Place Lake City Florida 32024CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (386) 719-0217