Avante at Boca Raton
1130 Nw 15th Street, Boca Raton FL 33486 · (561) 394-6282 · 71.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Avante at Boca Raton is a large facility located in Boca Raton, Florida. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B-, which is a respectable grade. Even in a city of 11 other nursing homes, this facility looks like a perfectly acceptable option. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its remarkable nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 144 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We awarded this nursing home one of our better scores in nursing, with an A. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. In determining our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Very few nursing homes provide this quantity of nursing care to their patients. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its residents suffering falls leading to major injury, this place performed as well as any nursing home the country.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category scores was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. It actually performed better than most nursing homes in this category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is more often than not a reliable assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. When we assessed this nursing home's nursing hours, we found it offered much more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 36 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed was long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a solid grade of B-. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After considering the impressive nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 97.92899 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 3.54 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on the medical complexity of patients.
Facility Inspections
In our last category, inspections proved to be this nursing home's weakest link. It received a C in this category. Inspection ratings relate to a facility's government inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in categories G through L. This indicates the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avante at Boca Raton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better