Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center
200 Mariner Health Way, Saint Augustine FL 32086 · (904) 797-1800 · 89.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Saint Augustine, Florida. Featuring an overall score of A-, this is without a doubt a very good nursing home. We could not find many negative things to say about this facility. Its grades are impeccable. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also received A+ inspections recently. Its inspections were virtually perfect. Our inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among its many dominant grades, this nursing home was given an excellent long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the significant amount of nursing hours provided by this nursing home, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.07 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was middle of the road since it had more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B+. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Remarkably, this nursing home offers its patients at least one and a half times as many physical therapist hours per week than the typical nursing home. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that it fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 53 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed was nursing. We gave this facility an acceptable score in that area, with a grade of C. Even though this isn't as strong as some of this nursing home's other scores, it is still a middle of the pack score. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a higher quantity of nursing care than that provided by most nursing homes. Finally, we baked a few quality measures into our nursing scores. This place fared poorly in two of the metrics we focus on, with below average marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These data points are typically reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Moultrie Creek Nursing and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally 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
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better