Florida Living Nursing Center
3355 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka FL 32703 · (407) 862-6263 · 70.54% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Florida Living Nursing Center is one of just a couple available nursing homes located in Apopka, Florida. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. In our view, this facility looks like a solid choice for most people. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its strong long-term care grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 222 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility one of our better grades in the area of long-term care, where it received an A-. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. This nursing home's vaccination statistics were a bit weaker than some of the other statistics in this area, such as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 62.725777 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. The last statistic we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.68 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the number of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in the nation. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B in that area, which is one of our more favorable scores. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 44 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Turning the last category of inspections, this ended up being this nursing home's worst grade. Inspection grades are based on a facility's recent government inspection reports. We gave this facility a D in this category, which is not a very good grade. Since this data is collected by government inspectors, we tend to take it pretty seriously. One of the more significant factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, we would like to point out that this facility was assessed significant government fines totaling more than $100,000. This usually signifies that a poor track record spanned multiple years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Florida Living Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better