Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Deland, Florida. This city has a total of 61,526 people. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is one of the better facilities we looked at. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received excellent inspections recently. We gave it one of our highest scores in that area, with an A. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a fine long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being its third best category grade. In that area, this facility received a grade of A-. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is short-term care. We gave this facility one of our better grades in this area, with a B. While this wasn't on par with some of its other scores, it is still a fine score. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 4.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that had a fall which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 94.94% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for Deland, 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Deland, Florida has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Adventhealth DelandAcute Care Hospitals 0.47 miles away701 W Plymouth Ave Deland Florida 32720Voluntary non-profit - Church(386) 943-4772
- Adventhealth Fish MemorialAcute Care Hospitals 9.64 miles away1055 Saxon Blvd Orange City Florida 32763Voluntary non-profit - Church(386) 917-5000
- Central Florida Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.1 miles away1401 W Seminole Blvd Sanford Florida 32771Proprietary(407) 321-4500
- Halifax Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.25 miles away303 N Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114Government - Hospital District or Authority(386) 254-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Deland Dialysis2.42 miles away350 East New York Avenue Deland Florida 32724CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (386) 738-2570
- Orange City Dialysis7.28 miles away2575 S Volusia Ave #400 Orange City Florida 32763CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 774-0101
- Deltona Dialysis10.69 miles away1200 Deltona Blvd Ste 26 Deltona Florida 32725CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (386) 574-0225
- Sanford Dialysis16.5 miles away1701 W 1st St Sanford Florida 32771CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (407) 268-9425
- Fmc - Sanford16.54 miles away419 E First St Sanford Florida 32771CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (407) 688-6765
- Daytona Beach Dialysis19.19 miles away578 Health Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (386) 258-7322
- Dialysis Care Center of Daytona19.38 miles away720 Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach Florida 32114Dialysis Stations: 17 (386) 947-9872
- Daytona South Dialysis19.58 miles away1801 S Nova Rd #306 Daytona Beach Florida 32119CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 322-3625