Bristol at Tampa Rehab and Nursing Center
1818 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa FL 33612 · (813) 971-2383 · 79.81% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Bristol at Tampa Rehab and Nursing Center is a very-large nursing home located in Tampa, Florida. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some solid marks. Even in a city of 18 nursing homes, this facility ought to be a perfectly acceptable option. We were also pleased to find that this facility was consistent in each of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 266 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
The main thing salvaging this nursing home's profile is its elite nursing grade. We gave this facility a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing score consists of several factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This place provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very impressive figure which typically correlates with quality care. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients sustaining falls which lead to serious injury, this place performed as well as any facility in the country.
Short-term Care Quality
One of this facility's more respectable category scores was in the area of short-term care. This proved to be its second most respectable category. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B-. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is frequently a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 36.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. Inspection scores are tied to datapoints found on 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 the well being of residents. This nursing home was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated was long-term care. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. In addition to patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination data is fairly strong also. In fact, it vaccinated 95.43726 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.7 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bristol at Tampa Rehab and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better