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Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center's website

1 Lbj Sr Drive,
Fort Walton Beach FL 32547

(850) 863-2066

89.33% estimated occupancy 1

Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. With an overall grade of B+, this is a very good nursing home. This nursing home definitely has plenty working in its favor. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida badge

Best Nursing Home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider 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.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

An additional strong feature for this facility is that it received a favorable long-term care grade. In fact, this ended up being its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B+. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. 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 one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home was given an impressive short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a score of B. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The last area we analyzed ended up being this facility's poorest category. However, even in its worst category we still gave it a respectable grade of C in nursing. Our nursing score consists of many subcategories, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Although this facility didn't have as many nursing hours per resident as many other facilities we looked at, it was still better than average in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator of how carefully a facility's nursing staff is tending to its residents. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses and safety protocols are in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 9.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered a fall leading to serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 2.09% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 0.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 30.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 8.19% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 5.45% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 12.14% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 12.14% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 12.33% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, 90.19% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Fort Walton Beach Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.57 miles away1000 Mar-Walt Dr Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Proprietary(850) 862-1111
  • North Okaloosa Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.48 miles away151 Redstone Ave Se Crestview Florida 32539Voluntary non-profit - Private(850) 689-8100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Emerald Coast Dialysis0.4 miles away1112 Hospital Rd Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 864-4850
  • Rcg - Ft Walton Beach0.55 miles away925 Mar Walt Dr Ste 2 Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (850) 864-4411
  • Fresenius Kidney Care-East Fort Walton Beach0.71 miles away315 Green Acres Road Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 314-0035
  • Fmc - Niceville10 miles away4304 Lancaster Dr Niceville Florida 32578Dialysis Stations: 17 (850) 729-4141
  • Renal Care Group - Navarre13.59 miles away8888 Navarre Pkwy Navarre Florida 32566Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 515-0810