Covenant Village Care Center
9211 W Broward Blvd, Fort Lauderdale FL 33324 · (954) 370-8982 · 96% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Covenant Village Care Center is a small non-profit nursing home located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We have a high opinion of this facility, which we awarded a B+ overall. We were also impressed with the city grade of nursing homes in Fort Lauderdale, making this one of the best places to find a nursing home. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this place. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of faring well in its overall grade, this facility received high marks in our short-term care category as well. As a result, it received our highest score in that category with a score of A+. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 72.7 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly better rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. The nursing grade weighs a host of factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. Furthermore, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility the state.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst area is long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. For this area, we gave this facility a grade of just D. We wanted to draw your attention to this potential weak spot, but you shouldn't focus exclusively on a single weak area either. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing nursing hours and other staffing provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. Due to its grade in this category, we were surprised to learn that this facility fared reasonably well in both statistics. Indeed, this nursing home vaccinated 97.6 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which appears to be higher than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.66 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Covenant Village Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better