Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers is in Orlando, Florida. The city provides a variety of nursing home options. We gave this facility a very impressive overall rating of A. This is one of the better nursing homes in Orlando. This is an impressive achievement given that the city offers some very solid nursing homes. We simply can not say enough favorable things about this facility. This nursing home also received very consistent grades in each of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
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 facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.52941 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless government inspection. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. This is one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very positive short-term care score, with a B+ in the category. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is considered to be a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we looked at, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home topped off an elite profile. The nursing score assesses many subcategories, however, the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning residents more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 9.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients 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 protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen 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 Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 1.82% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 10.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 2.43% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 94.61% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 13.17% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 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 care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Orlando, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Hospitals
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