Lexington Health and Rehabilitation Center
6300 46th Ave N, Saint Petersburg FL 33709 · (727) 544-1444 · 95.09% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With more than 20 options to choose from in Saint Petersburg, Florida, Lexington Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of many possibilities. This nursing home was given an overall grade of A-. As a matter of fact, this proved to be one of the top ten facilities in Saint Petersburg. Based on our ratings, this place is just about as as good as it gets. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also strong. It's hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 159 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you 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. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given an elite score of A- in our short-term care area. Our short-term care grades are believed to be more meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 51.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are seeing residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients sustaining falls leading to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated proved to be this facility's worst area. However, even its lowest point would be a strength for many nursing homes. In fact, we awarded it a strong grade of B for long-term care. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. In addition to providing elite levels of nursing care, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.33628 percent of its residents. This statistic is also significantly better than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 3.28 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lexington Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that 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 patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better