Apollo Health and Rehabilitation Center
1000 24th St N, Saint Petersburg FL 33713 · (727) 323-4711 · 94.64% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Apollo Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Saint Petersburg, Florida. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires quality marks in most areas. Even in a city featuring 27 other nursing homes, this one turns out to be a quality selection. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our best grades in this category, with an A. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
An additional quality feature for this facility is that it was awarded an above average short-term care score. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Our short-term care grades are probably most important for residents requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more than 50% more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 48.7 percent of its patients able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This particular facility provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which was above the national average. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was long-term care. This facility was given a better than average long-term care score this year, with a grade of B. This facility truly didn't have any weak areas. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.4556 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at is its hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 4.62 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as strong as most of its other scores in this area, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Apollo Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better