Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a large nursing home located in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires solid scores in most areas. This proved to be one of the three highest rated nursing homes in Port Saint Lucie. Fortunately, this place did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Lymphedema Care
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility fared well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. In computing our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is considered to be a fair assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
In addition, this facility excelled in inspections, where it received an A-. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's government inspections. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. The nursing score consists of many components, but the main consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
The final category we scored is long-term care. We gave this nursing home a decent score in this area, with a B-. Even though this is not as favorable as a few of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not the end of the world. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-minus
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B-minus
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A-minus
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 2.33% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 94.94% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-plus
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: D
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: C
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Port St Lucie Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Port Saint Lucie, 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 B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Port Saint Lucie, Florida has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Lucie Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.33 miles away1800 Se Tiffany Ave Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Proprietary(772) 335-4000
- Port St Lucie HospitalPsychiatric 4.82 miles away2550 Se Walton Rd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Proprietary(772) 335-0400
- Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart InstituteAcute Care Hospitals 6.18 miles away1700 S 23rd St Fort Pierce Florida 34950Proprietary(772) 461-4000
- Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.11 miles away200 Se Hospital Ave Stuart Florida 34995Voluntary non-profit - Private(772) 287-5200
Nearby Dialysis
- Rai Care Centers - Port Saint Lucie1.34 miles away8661 S Us Hwy 1 Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952Dialysis Stations: 22 (772) 807-7229
- Goldtree Kidney Center LLC4.32 miles away1407 Southeast Goldtree Drive Ste A Port Saint Lucie Florida 34952CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (772) 335-8677
- Fmc - Tradition5.28 miles away1748 Sw St Lucie West Blvd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34986CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (772) 336-3793
- Bma - Port Saint Lucie5.57 miles away709 Sw Port Saint Lucie Blvd Port Saint Lucie Florida 34953CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (772) 344-4998
- Bright Kidney Care, LLC6.21 miles away2000 Hartman Rd Ste 2 Fort Pierce Florida 34947CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (772) 467-1117
- Rai Care Centers - Fort Pierce6.24 miles away2501 Ohio Ave Fort Pierce Florida 34950CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (772) 465-6551
- Treasure Coast Kidney Center North12.08 miles away2348 Se Ocean Blvd Stuart Florida 34996CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (772) 286-2470
- Renal Care Center - Vero Beach19.67 miles away1515 Indian River Blvd Ste a-101 Vero Beach Florida 32960CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (772) 778-4917
