Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers
210 Lake Avenue, Orlando FL 32801 · (407) 872-7088 · 94.22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers is located in Orlando, Florida, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. Sporting an overall grade of A+, this facility is among the highest graded nursing homes in Orlando. This is an impressive accomplishment given that the city is one of the most elite cities in the nation in terms of its nursing home grades. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. This nursing home also received impressive grades in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 168 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of considering the impressive volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this facility, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination data. For example, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.337746 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.54 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This grade is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none 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
Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. There are a variety of datapoints included in this category. Many of the factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.8 hours per resident daily. This is more nursing care than nearly any other place provides. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several quality-based metrics we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any facility Florida in this category. This is often an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by providing better nursing care and a protocol of moving residents even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final category, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our short-term care score. This finished off a very impressive profile. Our short-term care scores are vital for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This facility offered more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 56.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes 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 indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better