Regents Park of Sunrise

Regents Park of Sunrise is just one of 19 possibilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It looks like this nursing home is among the better nursing homes we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires very strong marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top quarter of all facilities in the United States. This nursing home also received consistently good grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area 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. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was strong in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.53 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score is primarily based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The final category we looked at is short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average nursing score this year, with a B. Although this wasn't nearly as good as a few of its other scores, this remains one of our stronger grades in that area. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 37.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.