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Signature Healthcare of North Florida

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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1083 Sanders Avenue,
Graceville FL 32440

(850) 263-4447

74.27% estimated occupancy 1

Signature Healthcare of North Florida is the sole option we found in Graceville, Florida. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires strong scores in most areas. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this place. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to point out that this nursing home earned near flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care grade. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the senior population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. We analyzed the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a patient at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last area we scored is nursing, ended up being this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a D in this area. This is one of just a couple of dings in an otherwise impressive report card. Short-term care grades are commonly used to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Signature Healthcare of North Florida Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 2.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 3.99% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 3.09% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 9.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 23.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 2.74% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 100% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 16.43% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 17.06% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 17.06% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 1.69% of Patients

This metric 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

Grade: B

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 79.76% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Northwest Florida Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.97 miles away1360 Brickyard Rd Chipley Florida 32428Voluntary non-profit - Private(850) 638-1610
  • Flowers HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.97 miles away4370 West Main Street Dothan Alabama 36305Proprietary(334) 793-5000
  • Southeast Alabama Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.4 miles away1108 Ross Clark Circle Dothan Alabama 36301Government - Hospital District or Authority(334) 793-8701
  • Jackson HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.75 miles away4250 Hospital Dr Marianna Florida 32446Government - Hospital District or Authority(850) 526-2200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Chipley Dialysis12.75 miles away877 3rd Street Ste 2 Chipley Florida 32428CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (850) 638-7783
  • Davita Wiregrass Kidney Center18.25 miles away1450 Ross Clark Circle Suite 200 Dothan Alabama 36301CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (334) 792-8907
  • Dothan Dialysis18.76 miles away216 Graceland Dr. Dothan Alabama 36305CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (334) 793-4077
  • Marianna Dialysis Center19.59 miles away2930 Optimist Dr Marianna Florida 32448CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (850) 482-5328
  • Bio Medical Applications of Alabama Inc19.61 miles away118 Obrannan Park Drive Dothan Alabama 36303Dialysis Stations: 16 (334) 340-4055
  • Curecanti Dialysis LLC19.62 miles away1763 E Main Street Dothan Alabama 36301Dialysis Stations: 3 (334) 673-0246
  • Dci Dothan19.74 miles away1630 Columbia Hwy Dothan Alabama 36303CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (334) 793-3519

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=105662