Heartland of Zephyrhills
38220 Henry Dr, Zephyrhills FL 33540 · (813) 788-7114 · 85.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Heartland of Zephyrhills is a nursing home located in Zephyrhills, Florida. This city has a population of 49,335 people. Sporting an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly a first-rate facility. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as the best nursing home in Zephyrhills. We also gave this nursing home phenomenal ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home performed well in inspections, where it earned an A. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received a fine short-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second strongest category score. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is typically a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. It performed as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 64 percent of its residents returning home. For most nursing homes, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. In determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses spend with patients as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is better than what is offered by most facilities. Finally, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final area, we gave this nursing home an A for its long-term care grade. This rounded out a first-rate profile. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.09091 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the average nursing home. The last statistic we looked at was its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 1.77 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is middle of the pack in this area.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heartland of Zephyrhills Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better