Renaissance Health and Rehabilitation
5065 Wallis Road, West Palm Beach FL 33415 · (561) 689-1799 · 83.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Renaissance Health and Rehabilitation is a facility in West Palm Beach, Florida which has 337,616 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack score. West Palm Beach received a city grade of B+, so there are some other options in the city worth considering. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
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
This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless government inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we still had positive view of this facility's recent inspections.
Nurse Quality
This facility performed well in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it an B- for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Our nursing score is primarily based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing rating also includes applicable quality-based metrics. While this nursing home excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in certain subcategories that related to quality. This facility's nursing score was hurt by its subpar performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. We found that 16 percent of this facility's residents were suffering from pressure ulcers. Since many pressure ulcers could be avoided with sufficient nursing protocols, we reduce a facility's nursing score when we find this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best category was short-term care. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 36.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home received a decent long-term care grade of C. In the category of long-term care, we focus on the amount of services offered by a facility, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. After assessing the volume of care provided by 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 more than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 2.06 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most facilities since it had more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Renaissance Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better