Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Green Valley, Arizona. With an A- overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the country. We flat out can't say enough favorable things about this nursing home. This place also received very consistent scores in all of the major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our long-term care category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B+. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 7.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded is nursing, where this facility was awarded a B. While this wound up being its poorest category score, this is still an above average grade. Our nursing grade analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of skill of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.54% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.13% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who sustained a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.1% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.08% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11.9% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.54% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.54% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 9.64% of Patients
This metric tracks 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.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Santa Rita Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 65.17% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Santa Cruz Valley Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.52 miles away4455 South I-19 Frontage Road Green Valley Arizona 85614Proprietary(520) 393-4700
Nearby Dialysis
- Desert Dialysis Sahuarita (Dci)1.76 miles away1700 W Commerce Pointe Pl Sahuarita Arizona 85629Dialysis Stations: 24 (520) 625-0103
- Pascua Yaqui Dialysis (Dva)17.28 miles away7490 S Camino De Oeste Tucson Arizona 85757Dialysis Stations: 13 (520) 879-6161
- Midvale Park Dialysis (Fmc)17.98 miles away1430 W Valencia Rd Ste 1 Tucson Arizona 85746CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (520) 889-4555