Heather Hill Healthcare Center

Nursing Home
Assisted Living
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Heather Hill Healthcare Center's website

6630 Kentucky Ave,
New Port Richey FL 34653

(727) 849-6939

77.8% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in New Port Richey, Florida, Heather Hill Healthcare Center is one of seven available facilities in this area. We gave this facility a B- overall, which is a decent grade. This is comparable with the city grade in New Port Richey, which is a B. At the end of the day, this place ought to be a good fit for most people. The best part of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Other
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Catheter Care

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few relatively minor dings aren't something to panic about.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we gave this facility an B-. In calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a resident more frequently.

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Short-term Care Quality

The next area we looked at was short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B-. Short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this nursing home. 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. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

The next area we looked at was long-term care. This facility was awarded a B- in this area. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 95.88015 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heather Hill Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 2.33% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 94.94% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Scores for New Port Richey, FL

Overall Rating has a grade of B
Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Nearby Dialysis

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Physicians Dialysis Trinity4.47 miles away9332 State Road 54 Suite 306 New Port Richey Florida 34655Dialysis Stations: 13 (727) 848-0106
Bayonet Point - Hudson Kidney Ctr7.41 miles away14144 Nephron Ln Hudson Florida 34667Dialysis Stations: 16 (727) 863-5459
Physicians Dialysis - Hudson7.43 miles away14153 Yosemite Dr Ste 102 Hudson Florida 34667Dialysis Stations: 8 (727) 862-0603
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