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Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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785 S 2nd Street,
Defuniak Springs FL 32435

(850) 892-2176

62.61% estimated occupancy ¹

Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a large nursing home located in Defuniak Springs, Florida. Featuring an overall score of A, this facility is one of the best nursing homes we assessed. We rated this nursing home in the top 100 facilities in Florida, which is a distinguished list. Headlining this place's remarkable report card is its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also earned A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Our inspection scores are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically 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. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

In addition, this facility received strong marks in the category of long-term care. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A+. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.76247 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Our nursing grade weighs many components, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at 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.

Short-term Care Quality

In the final category we scored, this nursing home received a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility wrapped up an elite profile. With our short-term care category, we seek to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percentage of long-term residents who had a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.33% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 94.94% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Chautauqua Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.