Broward Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
1330 S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 · (954) 524-5587 · 77.82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Broward Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida which has a total of 765,608 people. Featuring an overall rating of A+, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. Indeed, this proved to be better than most of the nursing homes in Fort Lauderdale, which has as impressive a group of facilities as any city in the country. Headlining this place's stellar report card is its long-term care grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 198 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to this facility's impressive nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.24953 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for seniors. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 3.37 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this wasn't as strong as most of its other scores in this category, this number can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received a virtually flawless government inspection. As a result, it earned one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. This was one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+'s. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing grade weighs quite a few components, however, the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the higher totals we found. Lastly, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls which lead to major injury, this place performed as well as any facility in the nation.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final area, this nursing home also was awarded an impressive short-term care rating, with a grade of B+. This wrapped up a very strong report card. Short-term care scores are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it performed decently in this area, with 46.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Broward Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better