Life Care Center of Citrus County is a nursing home located in Lecanto, Florida. The city has a total of 10,562 people. This nursing home received an excellent grade of A- overall. This is higher than the city grade of B+ in Lecanto, which is also well above average. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong with this place. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category grades, which are also quite good.
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Life Care Center of Citrus County
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
To pair with a strong overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A+ for inspections. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
Among its many elite scores, this facility was given first-rate short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
The third area we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average long-term care grade, with a B+ in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.69879 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B
The final category we scored is nursing, in which this facility received a grade of B. Although this wound up being its least impressive category rating, this is nevertheless a quality grade. Our nursing score is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Citrus County Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-minus
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 8.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 1.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 15.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: D
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 29.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 9.4% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Many believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 95.76% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 14.9% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 14.63% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 14.63% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-minus
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 13.39% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B
In Life Care Center of Citrus County, 77.64% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Bayfront Health Seven RiversAcute Care Hospitals 9.71 miles away6201 N Suncoast Blvd Crystal River Florida 34428Proprietary(352) 795-6560
- Citrus Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.75 miles away502 W Highland Blvd Inverness Florida 34452Government - Hospital District or Authority(352) 726-1551
Nearby Dialysis
- Crystal River Dialysis Center3.6 miles away7435 W Gulf to Lake Hwy Crystal River Florida 34429CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (352) 564-8400
- Inverness Dialysis Center9.14 miles away1510 Highway 41 North Inverness Florida 34450CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (352) 637-0500
- Ocala West Home Training19.91 miles away8615 Sw 103rd Street Rd Ocala Florida 34481Dialysis Stations: 2 (352) 854-3099
