Healthcare and Rehab of Sanford
950 Mellonville Ave, Sanford FL 32771 · (407) 322-8566 · 89.64% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Healthcare and Rehab of Sanford is a nursing home in Sanford, Florida, which has 78,268 people. It looks like this is a good nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid rating. This facility truly has plenty working in its favor. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 114 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes fared better in that area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's quality category scores came in the area of short-term care. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of B. In forming these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most facilities we looked at. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 45.7 percent of its patients able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed was long-term care. This facility was awarded a favorable long-term care grade, with a B in the area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.61496 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. The last datapoint we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
The final category we rated is nursing. This facility was given a B- for the category. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Healthcare and Rehab of Sanford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better