Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Ocala, Florida, a city with 207,224 people. This facility received a concerning overall grade of D in our grading scheme. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Ocala. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we gave it a B- for our inspections rating. This score is better than this facility's overall grade. Inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing score is largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This place provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, while this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third highest area ended up being its short-term care score, where it received a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this facility was given a B- for long-term care, which is a respectable rating. Long-term care grades assess a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 96.08696 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable figure. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this statistic could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 94.94% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some experts argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bridgewater Park Health & Rehabilitation Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Ocala, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Ocala, Florida has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth OcalaAcute Care Hospitals 10.15 miles away1500 Sw 1st Ave Ocala Florida 34474Government - Hospital District or Authority(352) 351-7200
- Ocala Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.17 miles away1431 Sw 1st Ave Ocala Florida 34478Proprietary(352) 401-1000
- Citrus Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.49 miles away502 W Highland Blvd Inverness Florida 34452Government - Hospital District or Authority(352) 726-1551
- Villages Regional Hospital, TheAcute Care Hospitals 19.9 miles away1451 El Camino Real Lady Lake Florida 32159Voluntary non-profit - Private(352) 751-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Ocala West Home Training0.29 miles away8615 Sw 103rd Street Rd Ocala Florida 34481Dialysis Stations: 2 (352) 854-3099
- Ocala Regional Kidney Center West0.3 miles away8585 Sw Highway 200 Suite 19 Ocala Florida 34481CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (352) 854-5011
- Fresenius Medical Care Central Florida, LLC8.5 miles away2645 Sw 20th St Ocala Florida 34471Dialysis Stations: 9 (352) 421-7174
- Ocala Regional Kidney Center East9.38 miles away2870 Se 1st Ave Ocala Florida 34471CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (352) 351-9140
- Ocala Regional Kidney Centers Home Dialysis9.38 miles away2860 Se 1st Ave Ocala Florida 34471Dialysis Stations: 10 (352) 622-8758
- Silver Springs Shores Dialysis14.65 miles away9310 Spring Rd Ocala Florida 34472CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (352) 687-0403
- Inverness Dialysis Center16.85 miles away1510 Highway 41 North Inverness Florida 34450CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (352) 637-0500
- Davita Wildwood Dialysis17.13 miles away4713 E sr44 Suite 900 Wildwood Florida 34785Dialysis Stations: 12 (352) 330-1103