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Fort Pierce Health Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Fort Pierce Health Care's website

611 S 13th St,
Fort Pierce FL 34950

(772) 464-5262

57.71% estimated occupancy 1

Fort Pierce Health Care is a large facility located in Fort Pierce, Florida. It looks like this is a fine nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable grade. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this nursing home. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

On top of a strong overall grade, this nursing home also earned favorable short-term care grades this year. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area, with a B+. In forming our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility earned excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an B+. Our inspection scores are based on many items found on the a nursing home's inspections. Facilities that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning residents more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final area we assessed is long-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in that category. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.71429 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Fort Pierce Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 12.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 1.71% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 1.98% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 24.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 0.32% of Patients

This is the percent of patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 99.35% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 13.93% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 12.32% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 12.32% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures 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 critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 6.52% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Fort Pierce Health Care, 74.44% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart InstituteAcute Care Hospitals 0.95 miles away1700 S 23rd St Fort Pierce Florida 34950Proprietary(772) 461-4000
  • Port St Lucie HospitalPsychiatric 10.5 miles away2550 Se Walton Rd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Proprietary(772) 335-0400
  • St Lucie Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.77 miles away1800 Se Tiffany Ave Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Proprietary(772) 335-4000
  • Cleveland Clinic Indian River HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.18 miles away1000 36th St Vero Beach Florida 32960Voluntary non-profit - Private(772) 567-4311
  • Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.42 miles away200 Se Hospital Ave Stuart Florida 34995Voluntary non-profit - Private(772) 287-5200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Rai Care Centers - Fort Pierce1.08 miles away2501 Ohio Ave Fort Pierce Florida 34950CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (772) 465-6551
  • Bright Kidney Care, LLC2.05 miles away2000 Hartman Rd Ste 2 Fort Pierce Florida 34947CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (772) 467-1117
  • Rai Care Centers - Port Saint Lucie7.93 miles away8661 S Us Hwy 1 Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Dialysis Stations: 22 (772) 807-7229
  • Goldtree Kidney Center LLC10.53 miles away1407 Southeast Goldtree Drive Ste A Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (772) 335-8677
  • Fmc - Tradition11.88 miles away1748 Sw St Lucie West Blvd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34986CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (772) 336-3793
  • Bma - Port Saint Lucie12.13 miles away709 Sw Port Saint Lucie Blvd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34953CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (772) 344-4998
  • Renal Care Center - Vero Beach12.9 miles away1515 Indian River Blvd Ste a-101 Vero Beach Florida 32960CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (772) 778-4917
  • Davita Sandy Shores Dialysis14.8 miles away5947 20th Street Vero Beach Florida 32966Dialysis Stations: 12 (772) 770-0331