Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center is an average-sized nursing home in Saint Augustine, Florida. We have a high opinion of this facility, which we gave a B+ overall. We were also impressed with the city grade of facilities in Saint Augustine, making this a great place to find a nursing home. This facility definitely has plenty of good features. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Get pricing and details on Saint Augustine senior living options.
Get PricingQuick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of accomplishments, it also received a fine long-term care grade. We awarded them a dominant strong of A in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Does this page answer your questions about Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center?
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B- in this area. Short-term care grades are important for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our fourth area, we awarded this facility a grade of D for nursing. This was the nursing home's least impressive category rating. Nevertheless, you shouldn't over-emphasize one poor grade. Our nursing grade features a number of subcategories. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This place averaged just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. While this nursing home's nursing hours were below average, it surprised us in some of the qualitative data points in this category. In particular, we were pleased to see that its residents are sustaining fewer pressure ulcers than the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 5.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 5.18% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 1.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 15.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 30.99% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 13.39% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 6.79% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 6.79% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 5.57% of Patients
This indicates 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 reduced emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center, 93.82% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Saint Augustine, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- 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-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Saint Augustine, Florida has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Flagler HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.64 miles away400 Health Park Blvd Saint Augustine Florida 32086Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 819-4426
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care St Augustine South3.18 miles away65 Whitehall Dr Saint Augustine Florida 32086Dialysis Stations: 14 (904) 797-3600
- Saint Augustine Dialysis3.62 miles away264 Southpark Cir E Saint Augustine Florida 32086CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (904) 808-0445
- Fmc Dialysis Services - Saint Augustine5.84 miles away1680 Osceola Elementary Road Suite B Saint Augustine Florida 32084Dialysis Stations: 17 (904) 824-6191
- Fresenius Kidney Care Palm Coast18.32 miles away515 Palm Coast Parkway Sw Roma Court #2 #3 #4 Palm Coast Florida 32137Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 447-4477
- Palm Coast Dialysis18.81 miles away13 Kingswood Dr Suite A Palm Coast Florida 32137CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (386) 445-4445