Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center's website

606 Ne 7th St,
Trenton FL 32693

(352) 463-7101

67.75% estimated occupancy ¹

Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Trenton, Florida, which has 12,154 people. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in Florida. This is an impressive feat in a state with a long list of high-end nursing homes. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this facility. Its scores are impeccable. One of the major highlights of this facility's remarkable report card is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Very few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection grades are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, making it one of the few facilities to be given multiple A+ category grades. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of 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 97.79412 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility also was given a impressive short-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being this facility's third strongest category score. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. Our short-term care grades are thought to be more important for patients in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Moving on to the last area, this facility also excelled in our nursing category. We gave it an A- for this area. This wrapped up a straight A profile. There are many data points within this area. Many of the data points are tied to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving a resident more often.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 94.94% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.