Plaza Health and Rehab is a large nursing home located in Gainesville, Florida. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this looks like a high quality facility. We found this nursing home to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Gainesville, which has a city grade of B. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Plaza Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Long-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility also received an elite long-term care grade. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an A. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.56236 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other strengths is its first-rate short-term care grade. We awarded them one of our most impressive scores in that category, with a grade of A-. In our short-term care grade, we strive to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It doesn't appear that this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
The final area we scored ended up being this nursing home's worst area. Nevertheless, even in its weakest link we still awarded it an acceptable grade of C in nursing. The nursing category is based on a handful of data points, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is far below average. Lastly, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Plaza Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 10.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 2.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 3.56% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 8.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 14.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 10.22% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 97.39% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 10.33% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 17.72% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 17.72% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 8.08% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 78.03% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Gainesville, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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