Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home is an average-sized government-owned facility in Saint Augustine, Florida. With an overall rating of A, this is undoubtedly a phenomenal nursing home. This is really as good of a nursing home as you'll find. Headlining this place's exemplary report card is its long-term care score, which you can find in the next section.
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Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - State
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.79411 percent of its patients, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this nursing home's impressive resume, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for inspections. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last area, this facility received a strong short-term care score. We gave it an A- in this category, rounding out a straight A profile. Our short-term care grades are presumably more important for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 10.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 7.11% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 26.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 33.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 2.16% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 98.64% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 10.67% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 12.66% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 12.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Clyde E Lassen State Veterans Nursing Home, 5.8% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Scores for Saint Augustine, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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