Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Boynton Beach, Florida. Featuring an overall score of C, this is likely a decent facility. At the end of the day, this nursing home should be a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Ventura Health & 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
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's best category grade came in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B+. In crafting these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned an B. Our nursing grade analyzes many components, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. Inspection ratings are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was long-term care, turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this area. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 94.672134 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. More supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.88% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 22.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 95.64% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.18% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.1% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 15.1% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.08% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ventura Health & Rehabilitation Center, 84.29% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Boynton Beach, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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