Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Miramar Beach, Florida. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. As you can see below, this facility also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Bariatric Care
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a dominant short-term care grade. Indeed, this turned out to be this facility's second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A-. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. It doesn't appear that this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded an impressive long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last area we scored was nursing. This facility received a very good nursing score in our assessment, with a grade of B. While this wasn't quite as impressive as many of its other scores, this remains one of the more favorable grades for this category. There are quite a few factors included in this grade. Many of the factors are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.87% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.78% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.53% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 95.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.69% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.03% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.07 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.03 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9.64 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.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Destin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 77.72% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald CoastAcute Care Hospitals 9.89 miles away7800 Us Hwy 98 W Miramar Beach Florida 32550Voluntary non-profit - Other(850) 278-3600
- Fort Walton Beach Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.45 miles away1000 Mar-Walt Dr Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Proprietary(850) 862-1111
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Niceville8.55 miles away4304 Lancaster Dr Niceville Florida 32578Dialysis Stations: 17 (850) 729-4141
- Renal Care Group - Destin9.97 miles away7720 Us Hwy 98 W Suite 150 Miramar Beach Florida 32550Dialysis Stations: 12 (850) 622-9717
- Rcg - Ft Walton Beach10.53 miles away925 Mar Walt Dr Ste 2 Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (850) 864-4411
- Emerald Coast Dialysis10.64 miles away1112 Hospital Rd Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 864-4850
- Fresenius Kidney Care-East Fort Walton Beach11.14 miles away315 Green Acres Road Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 314-0035