Edgewater at Waterman Village is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Mount Dora, Florida. This turns out to be an A+ facility, which is the very best grade. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top five percentile of all nursing homes in the nation. This also appears to be a very consistent facility with consistent ratings in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Edgewater at Waterman Village
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
300 Brookfield Ave,
Mount Dora FL 32757
62.41% estimated occupancy 1
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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. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end profile, this facility also excelled in our short-term care area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in the area. Short-term care ratings are critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This facility provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most facilities we looked at. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Florida in this area with 65.3 percent of its patients returning home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our next category, this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, it received a score of A in that category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to offering elite levels of nursing care, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially lower hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next area, this nursing home was awarded a very strong nursing grade. We awarded it a grade of A in this category, giving this facility straight A's. Our nursing grade weighs many subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility provides an incredible 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is much more care than what is offered by most places. Finally, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Edgewater at Waterman Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 2.43% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 95.03% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 13.16% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Edgewater at Waterman Village, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Leesburg Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.6 miles away600 E Dixie Ave Leesburg Florida 34748Voluntary non-profit - Private(352) 323-5762
- Health CentralAcute Care Hospitals 19.82 miles away10000 W Colonial Dr Ocoee Florida 34761Government - State(407) 296-1820
Nearby Dialysis
- Mt Dora Dialysis2.9 miles away2735 W Old Hwy 441 Mount Dora Florida 32757CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (352) 383-7022
- Rtc - Leesburg10.3 miles away8425 Us Highway 441 Suite 104 Leesburg Florida 34788CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (352) 435-0082
- Lake Griffin East Dialysis11.25 miles away401 E North Ave Leesburg Florida 34748Dialysis Stations: 16 (352) 315-0062
- Dialysis Care Center Leesburg,LLC11.25 miles away600 W North Boulevard Suite B Leesburg Florida 34788Dialysis Stations: 6 (352) 530-2450
- Apopka Artificial Kidney Center11.63 miles away1065 W Orange Blossom Trl Apopka Florida 32712Dialysis Stations: 16 (407) 880-2121
- Apopka Dialysis15.89 miles away640 Executive Park Court Apopka Florida 32703CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (407) 389-8980
- Davita Clarcona Dialysis16.77 miles away8259 Clarcona Ocoee Rd Orlando Florida 32818Dialysis Stations: 16 (407) 299-2173
- Fresenius Kidney Care Lady Lake16.83 miles away310 Longview Ave Lady Lake Florida 32159Dialysis Stations: 13 (352) 753-8395