Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Inverness, Florida. This is a good nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable grade. Based on our analysis, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded it one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a score of B+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is considered to be a reliable measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B. It outpaced most nursing homes in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the next category, this facility received an acceptable nursing score of B-. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving patients even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.82% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.43% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some believe that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 94.61% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.17% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Citrus Health and Rehabilitation Center, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Citrus Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.22 miles away502 W Highland Blvd Inverness Florida 34452Government - Hospital District or Authority(352) 726-1551
- Bayfront Health Seven RiversAcute Care Hospitals 19.06 miles away6201 N Suncoast Blvd Crystal River Florida 34428Proprietary(352) 795-6560
Nearby Dialysis
- Inverness Dialysis Center0.91 miles away1510 Highway 41 North Inverness Florida 34450CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (352) 637-0500
- Crystal River Dialysis Center13.17 miles away7435 W Gulf to Lake Hwy Crystal River Florida 34429CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (352) 564-8400
- Davita Wildwood Dialysis15.46 miles away4713 E sr44 Suite 900 Wildwood Florida 34785Dialysis Stations: 12 (352) 330-1103
- Ocala West Home Training17.38 miles away8615 Sw 103rd Street Rd Ocala Florida 34481Dialysis Stations: 2 (352) 854-3099
- Ocala Regional Kidney Center West17.59 miles away8585 Sw Highway 200 Suite 19 Ocala Florida 34481CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (352) 854-5011