With an address in Vero Beach, Florida, Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach is one of six facilities in this city. It looks like this is a good facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid score. The facilities in Vero Beach received high scores across the board with a B+ city grade, making this one of the better places in Florida to find a nursing home. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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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. Our inspection grades are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's quality category grades came in the category of short-term care. We gave them one of our stronger scores in that category, with a score of B+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. When determining our nursing scores, we assess both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was long-term care. For that category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. Our long-term care scores are vital for residents looking for personal care. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 98.94737 percent of its residents, which is a very solid percentage. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 8.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients who sustained falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 1.68% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 9.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 17.68% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 1.68% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 99.47% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 11.18% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 17.95% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 17.95% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 20.74% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grace Rehabilitation Center of Vero Beach, 80.8% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Vero Beach, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Vero Beach, Florida has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Cleveland Clinic Indian River HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.23 miles away1000 36th St Vero Beach Florida 32960Voluntary non-profit - Private(772) 567-4311
- Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart InstituteAcute Care Hospitals 14.51 miles away1700 S 23rd St Fort Pierce Florida 34950Proprietary(772) 461-4000
- Steward Sebastian River Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.95 miles away13695 Us Hwy 1 Sebastian Florida 32978Proprietary(772) 589-3187
Nearby Dialysis
- Renal Care Center - Vero Beach1.25 miles away1515 Indian River Blvd Ste a-101 Vero Beach Florida 32960CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (772) 778-4917
- Indian River Dialysis Center2.45 miles away2150 45th Street Suite 102 Vero Beach Florida 32967CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (772) 567-2529
- Oslo Dialysis2.65 miles away100 S Us Highway 1 Vero Beach Florida 32962Dialysis Stations: 12 (772) 567-8496
- Davita Sandy Shores Dialysis3.5 miles away5947 20th Street Vero Beach Florida 32966Dialysis Stations: 12 (772) 770-0331
- Sebastian Dialysis9.23 miles away1424 Us Hwy 1 Suite C Sebastian Florida 32958Dialysis Stations: 16 (772) 589-9182
- Sebastian Dialysis Care Center13.68 miles away1807 Us highway1 Sebastian Florida 32958Dialysis Stations: 17 (772) 581-1041
- Rai Care Centers - Fort Pierce14.43 miles away2501 Ohio Ave Fort Pierce Florida 34950CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (772) 465-6551
- Bright Kidney Care, LLC14.57 miles away2000 Hartman Rd Ste 2 Fort Pierce Florida 34947CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (772) 467-1117