Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center is in Orlando, Florida, which is among the largest cities in the nation. We gave this nursing home an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the country. Even in a city featuring 20 other nursing homes, this facility looks like a great option. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this nursing home received nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it earned one of our highest scores in that category with a grade of A+. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
An additional strong feature for this facility is that it was awarded an above average short-term care score. In fact, this wound up being its second best category grade. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is considered to be a useful assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating includes many subcategories, but the main consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at was long-term care, where this facility was given a B. This facility didn't end up having any real weaknesses. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.314606 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 9.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who have suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 1.82% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 10.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 2.43% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 94.61% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 13.17% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Metro West Nursing and Rehab Center, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Orlando, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Orlando, Florida has 19 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Health CentralAcute Care Hospitals 4.03 miles away10000 W Colonial Dr Ocoee Florida 34761Government - State(407) 296-1820
- Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.17 miles away52 W Underwood St Orlando Florida 32806Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 843-8000
- Adventhealth OrlandoAcute Care Hospitals 6.41 miles away601 E Rollins St Orlando Florida 32803Voluntary non-profit - Private(407) 303-1976
- Nemours Children's HospitalChildrens 15.4 miles away13535 Nemours Pkwy Orlando Florida 32827Voluntary non-profit - Private(407) 567-4000
- Osceola Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.09 miles away700 West Oak Street Kissimmee Florida 34741Proprietary(407) 846-2266
- Oviedo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.93 miles away8300 Red Bug Lake Rd Oviedo Florida 32765Proprietary(407) 890-2100
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma - West Orlando1.35 miles away5600 W Colonial Dr Ste 101 Orlando Florida 32808Dialysis Stations: 20 (407) 297-3777
- Orlando Park Dialysis1.53 miles away5397 West Colonial Drive, Suite #120 Orlando Florida 32808CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (407) 532-3109
- West Orange Orlando Dialysis Center LLC2.51 miles away828 Mercy Drive Suite 2 Orlando Florida 32808Dialysis Stations: 16 (321) 710-0352
- Davita Metrowest Dialysis2.53 miles away4578 S Kirkman Rd Orlando Florida 32811Dialysis Stations: 24 (407) 298-3977
- Central Florida Kidney Center - Vineland2.94 miles away4407 Vineland Rd Suite d2 Orlando Florida 32811Dialysis Stations: 16 (407) 425-4415
- Ocoee Dialysis3.49 miles away11140 W Colonial Dr Ste 5 Ocoee Florida 34761CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (407) 877-0626
- Central Orlando Dialysis4.54 miles away2548 N Orange Blossom Trail #400 Orlando Florida 32804CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (407) 246-5081
- Orlando Dialysis5 miles away116 Sturtevant St Orlando Florida 32806CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (407) 426-9212