Sandalwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
1001 S Beach Street, Daytona Beach FL 32114 · (386) 258-3334 · 96.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Sandalwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is on a list of 12 facilities in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is likely a decent facility. Based on the data we reviewed, there are certainly far worse facilities out there. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 99 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this facility outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in this category with an A-. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A few minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home earned an B+ in the area of nursing. There are quite a few criteria within this area. Most of these datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this facility surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this place performed as well as any facility in the nation.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this facility a B+ in our short-term care category. This is one of our more impressive grades. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 50.6 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the fourth category, we gave this facility a D for long-term care. This is the nursing home's least impressive category score. Sadly, this score pulled down the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. This nursing home's vaccination data were not as favorable as its nursing hours. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.44776 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.93 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sandalwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of 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 indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better