Lakeland Hills Center is a nursing home located in Lakeland, Florida. The city has a total of 237,282 people. This facility received an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor rating. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 12 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades
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Lakeland Hills Center
- 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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our highest scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of C. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this category. This facility averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home only received a D for its long-term care rating, which is not one of our better scores. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.1404 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care, is this facility's worst area. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Considering its weak rating in this category, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home provides significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeland Hills Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lakeland Hills Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lakeland Hills Center, 3.15% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who had falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lakeland Hills Center, 0.3% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from a UTI. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lakeland Hills Center, 12.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lakeland Hills Center, 26.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lakeland Hills Center, 6.83% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lakeland Hills Center, 98.82% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lakeland Hills Center, 7.74% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lakeland Hills Center, 13.42% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lakeland Hills Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lakeland Hills Center, 13.42% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lakeland Hills Center, 7.76% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lakeland Hills Center, 84.14% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Lakeland, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Lakeland, Florida has 11 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Lakeland Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.7 miles away1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland Florida 33805Voluntary non-profit - Private(863) 687-1100
- Bartow Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.01 miles away2200 Osprey Blvd Bartow Florida 33831Proprietary(863) 533-8111
- South Florida Baptist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.13 miles away301 N Alexander St Plant City Florida 33563Voluntary non-profit - Private(813) 757-1200
- Winter Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.01 miles away200 Ave F Ne Winter Haven Florida 33881Voluntary non-profit - Private(863) 293-1121
- Adventhealth ZephyrhillsAcute Care Hospitals 19.2 miles away7050 Gall Blvd Zephyrhills Florida 33541Voluntary non-profit - Church(813) 788-0411
Nearby Dialysis
- Lakeland Dialysis0.07 miles away515 E. Bella Vista St. Lakeland Florida 33805Dialysis Stations: 16 (863) 688-5463
- Fresenius Kidney Care Lakeland0.3 miles away1550 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland Florida 33805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (863) 680-1046
- Lake Vista Dialysis1.26 miles away3187 Us Hwy 98 N Lakeland Florida 33805CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (863) 603-2130
- Lakeland South Dialysis6.26 miles away4774 South Florida Avenue Lakeland Florida 33813CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (863) 646-0462
- Fmc-Auburndale10 miles away365 Havendale Blvd Auburndale Florida 33823Dialysis Stations: 16 (863) 551-3159
- Plant City Dialysis11.4 miles away1211 W Reynolds St Ste 1 Plant City Florida 33563CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (813) 752-2136
- Bartow Dialysis13.36 miles away1190 E Church St Bartow Florida 33830Dialysis Stations: 16 (863) 533-1601
- Rai Care Centers - Winter Haven13.72 miles away1200 E Lake Silver Dr Winter Haven Florida 33881CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (863) 299-0007