Adventist Care Centers-Courtland

Adventist Care Centers-Courtland is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Orlando, Florida which has a total of 878,243 people. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most impressive nursing homes we looked at. In fact, it was given our very best rating. You flat out can't do much better than this facility. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

We also want to emphasize that this nursing home excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Our nursing score assesses several components, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is among the more impressive figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by these statistics. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this facility was also above average in several of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These datapoints are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

We also wanted to alert you to the fact that this facility was superb in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an elite grade of A+ in this category. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. This facility's vaccination records were not as favorable as its number of nursing hours per resident. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 80.18868 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 2.4 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.

Moving on our third category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its short-term care score. This is a very impressive score. Our short-term care grades are believed to be most important for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country in this area with 57.7 percent of its residents returning home. This is a substantially better rate than most facilities.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an elite grade of A. This topped off a straight A report card for this facility. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.