Sandy Ridge Health and Rehabilitation
5360 Glover Lane, Milton FL 32570 · (850) 626-9225 · 93.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Sandy Ridge Health and Rehabilitation is one of just three available facilities in Milton, Florida. With an overall grade of A+, this facility is undoubtedly a phenomenal facility. You flat out can not do much better than this nursing home. This place also received very consistent grades in each of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home performed well in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few places performed this well in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This exemplary facility also was superb in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. After looking at the impressive nursing care provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.47644 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.18 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a fine short-term care score. In fact, this ended up being this facility's third most impressive category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to judge a facility's rehabilitation services To provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 64.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
In our final area, we gave this nursing home a A+ for its nursing grade. This wrapped up an elite report card. The nursing grade features a host of subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This place provides an incredible 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is much more care than what is offered by most places. Lastly, we also looked at nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sandy Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint 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 indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better