Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation is the only option we identified in Mayo, Florida. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top 50 nursing homes in Florida. We can't find many bad things to say about this place. Its grades are as good as they get. If you scroll down, you will see this facility's category grades, which look to be equally strong as its overall score.
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Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation
- 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 - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem 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.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Nursing ratings are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Florida in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its short-term care rating. This rounded out a very favorable profile. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.41% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 21.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.94% of Patients
This is the percent of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 9.93% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.53% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.53% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.47% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lafayette Nursing and Rehabilitation, 85.18% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.