Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers is a nursing home in North Fort Myers, Florida, which has 49,442 people. This is a very respectable facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable rating. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this facility. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
991 Pondella Rd,
North Fort Myers FL 33903
92.58% estimated occupancy 1
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Short-term care scores are vital for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be a real strength for this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in this area with 60.2 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed at a high level in the area of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor dings aren't the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this nursing home was awarded a decent long-term care grade of C. Long-term care grades assess a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 91.92547 percent of its patients, which is slightly lower than we were hoping for. The last datapoint we looked at is its hospitalization rate. While it had 2.62 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was not as bad.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced falls leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 2.43% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 95.03% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 13.16% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 18.15 Percentage 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 Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Raydiant Health Care of North Fort Myers, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cape Coral HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.34 miles away636 Del Prado Blvd Cape Coral Florida 33990Government - Hospital District or Authority(239) 574-2323
- Lee Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.02 miles away2776 Cleveland Ave Fort Myers Florida 33901Government - Hospital District or Authority(239) 332-1111
- Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Mem Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 9.48 miles away13681 Doctors Way Fort Myers Florida 33912Government - Hospital District or Authority(239) 768-5000
- Lehigh Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.6 miles away1500 Lee Blvd Lehigh Acres Florida 33936Voluntary non-profit - Private(239) 369-2101
- Bayfront Health Punta GordaAcute Care Hospitals 19.93 miles away809 E Marion Ave Punta Gorda Florida 33950Proprietary(941) 639-3131
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care North Fort Myers, LLC2.31 miles away15991 N Cleveland Avenue North Fort Myers Florida 33903Dialysis Stations: 17 (239) 995-0091
- Fort Myers North Dialysis2.46 miles away16101 North Cleveland Ave North Fort Myers Florida 33903CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (239) 656-4403
- Cape Coral North Dialysis2.61 miles away1315 Se 8th Terrace Cape Coral Florida 33990Dialysis Stations: 12 (239) 772-8599
- Bayshore Dialysis4.83 miles away16151 Slater Rd North Fort Myers Florida 33917Dialysis Stations: 16 (239) 731-1006
- Cape Coral South Dialysis5.19 miles away3046 Del Prado Blvd South Suite 4a Cape Coral Florida 33904Dialysis Stations: 17 (239) 549-0339
- Cape Coral Kidney Center, LLC5.72 miles away2735 Santa Barbara Blvd Suite 100-200 Cape Coral Florida 33914Dialysis Stations: 17 (239) 772-2988
- Cape Coral Home Training5.92 miles away3637 Del Prado Blvd S Suite 202 Cape Coral Florida 33904Dialysis Stations: 5 (239) 542-7076
- Fort Myers Dialysis6.37 miles away4220 Executive Circle #38 Fort Myers Florida 33916CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (239) 274-3681