Beneva Lakes Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
741 South Beneva Road, Sarasota FL 34232 · (941) 957-0310 · 96.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Beneva Lakes Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is located in Sarasota, Florida. The city has several options. This is a fine nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid score. The nursing homes in Sarasota received a very impressive city grade of A- so this isn't the only high quality facility here. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This facility received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this place performed as well as any facility in Florida. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the impressive quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were happy with the nursing home's vaccination record. For example, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 98.7715 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.93 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this area, this statistic may be skewed for some facilities based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this facility was awarded a C for short-term care, which we consider to be a respectable rating. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more meaningful for people requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 20.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beneva Lakes Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some 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 indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home 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. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better