Lakeside Neurologic is located in Wauchula, Florida. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is among the most elite nursing homes we looked at. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. This nursing home also received strong scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Lakeside Neurologic
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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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. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its short-term care rating. This finished off a very favorable profile. In our short-term care assessment, we try to craft a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeside Neurologic Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lakeside Neurologic, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lakeside Neurologic, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which have sustained urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lakeside Neurologic, 30.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lakeside Neurologic, 32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lakeside Neurologic, 5% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lakeside Neurologic, 50% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lakeside Neurologic, 86.62% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Wauchula6.54 miles away457 Carlton St Wauchula Florida 33873Dialysis Stations: 17 (863) 767-0016