Signature Healthcare of North Florida

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Signature Healthcare of North Florida's website

1083 Sanders Avenue,
Graceville FL 32440

(850) 263-4447

64.72% 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 is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
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

To pair with its favorable overall score, we awarded this place an A+ for our inspection category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This high end facility also was superb in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A+. Only a small group of nursing homes fared better in this category. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a solid grade of C. This is this facility's worst area. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most important for residents in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Signature Healthcare of North Florida Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 2.33% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 94.94% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 13.07% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 16.78% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 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. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Signature Healthcare of North Florida, 78.49% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

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Nearby Dialysis

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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