Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center is in Palm Bay, Florida. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some decent marks. Based on our ratings, there are definitely much worse places out there. We were also pleased to discover that this nursing home was consistent in all four of the other areas we looked at. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection grade. Its inspection score was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A-. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given an impressive score in our long-term care category. We awarded this nursing home a better than average grade of B in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.21671 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this metric. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a patient more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the last category, this facility was awarded a decent short-term care score of B-. With our short-term care category, we seek to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 3.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 13.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.08% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 6.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients that were given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 22.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.3% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 99.06% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 10.79% 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 deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 17.2% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 17.2% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 13.54% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 71.03% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Palm Bay HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.5 miles away1425 Malabar Rd, Ne Palm Bay Florida 32907Proprietary(321) 434-8000
- Holmes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away1350 S Hickory St Melbourne Florida 32901Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 434-7000
- Steward Melbourne HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.36 miles away250 North Wickham Road Melbourne Florida 32935Proprietary(321) 752-1200
- Steward Sebastian River Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.74 miles away13695 Us Hwy 1 Sebastian Florida 32978Proprietary(772) 589-3187
- Viera HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.12 miles away8745 N Wickham Rd Melbourne Florida 32940Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 434-9000
Nearby Dialysis
- Renal Care Group - Brevard1.17 miles away1355 Palm Bay Rd Palm Bay Florida 32905Dialysis Stations: 20 (321) 768-9801
- Palm Bay Kidney Center1.32 miles away220 Medplex Pkwy Ne Palm Bay Florida 32907CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (321) 722-2709
- Melbourne Dialysis4.01 miles away2235 South Babcock St Melbourne Florida 32901Dialysis Stations: 16 (321) 956-6252
- Fmc - Palm Bay4.3 miles away450 Malabar Rd Se #101 Palm Bay Florida 32907Dialysis Stations: 17 (321) 409-0874
- Melbourne Kidney Center4.7 miles away1400 S Apollo Blvd Melbourne Florida 32901CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (321) 724-0461
- Fmc - Brevard Home Therapies8.12 miles away2200 W Eau Gallie Blvd #202a Melbourne Florida 32935Dialysis Stations: 4 (321) 259-1181
- Fresenius Kidney Care Sebastian13.25 miles away14355 Us Hwy 1 Sebastian Florida 32958Dialysis Stations: 13 (772) 388-5588
- Sebastian Dialysis Care Center15.02 miles away1807 Us highway1 Sebastian Florida 32958Dialysis Stations: 17 (772) 581-1041