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. If you take a look at the other options in Gainesville, we suspect you will find this nursing home to be a better option than most of the facilities in the city. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its long-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Plaza Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- 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
Registered Staff Hours
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 100 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 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category scores came in the category of short-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that category, with a grade of B+. 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 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. In determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, it appears this nursing home has received quality inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a score of B in this area. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider 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.
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, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term residents that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 2.33% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 94.94% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Plaza Health and Rehab, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Scores for Gainesville, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Gainesville, Florida has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- North Florida Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.34 miles away6500 Newberry Rd Gainesville Florida 32605Proprietary(352) 333-4100
- Uf Health Shands HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.63 miles away1600 Sw Archer Rd Gainesville Florida 32610Voluntary non-profit - Private(352) 265-8000
- Regional General Hospital WillistonAcute Care Hospitals 16.27 miles away125 Sw 7th St Williston Florida 32696Proprietary(352) 528-2801
Nearby Dialysis
- Shands at Univ of Fl Outpatient Dialysis2.5 miles away2409 Sw Archer Rd Gainesville Florida 32608Dialysis Stations: 26 (352) 265-6890
- Gainesville Home Dialysis3.11 miles away4960 W Newberry Rd #280 Gainesville Florida 32607Dialysis Stations: 3 (352) 378-4960
- Gainesville Newberry Dialysis3.55 miles away1177 Nw 64th Terrace Gainesville Florida 32605Dialysis Stations: 18 (352) 332-0679
- Shands Hospital - Pediatric Dialysis3.72 miles away1600 Sw Archer Road Gainesville Florida 32610Dialysis Stations: 5 (352) 265-0265
- Bma - Gainesville4.36 miles away1775 Nw 80th Blvd Gainesville Florida 32606CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (352) 332-8998
- Dci University of Florida Home Program5.53 miles away3750 Nw 83rd St Gainesville Florida 32606Dialysis Stations: 7 (352) 377-6790
- Dci University of Florida5.58 miles away3850 Nw 83rd Street Ste 101 Gainesville Florida 32606CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (352) 337-6021
- Bma - Gainesville East5.99 miles away1961 N. Main St Gainesville Florida 32609Dialysis Stations: 19 (352) 375-0223