Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of four nursing homes located in Brooksville, Florida. It looks like this is a very respectable facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable score. In our view, this place is a solid choice for quite a few people. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we gave it a grade of A+ for that area, which is one of our best grades. Our inspection grades are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility performed well in the area of short-term care. As a result, we gave it a score of A- for that category, which happens to be one of our most impressive scores. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest area is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In crafting these long-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.8189 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than most nursing homes. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed was nursing. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our nursing grade is largely associated with a facility's nurse staffing. 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, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.33% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 94.94% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Spring Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Brooksville, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Brooksville, Florida has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Oak Hill HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.58 miles away11375 Cortez Blvd Brooksville Florida 34613Voluntary non-profit - Other(352) 596-6632
- Bayfront Health BrooksvilleAcute Care Hospitals 5.03 miles away17240 Cortez Blvd Brooksville Florida 34601Voluntary non-profit - Church(352) 796-5111
- Regional Medical Center Bayonet PointAcute Care Hospitals 15.83 miles away14000 Fivay Rd Hudson Florida 34667Proprietary(727) 819-2929
Nearby Dialysis
- Hernando Kidney Center3.78 miles away2985 Landover Blvd Spring Hill Florida 34608CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (352) 683-3630
- Hernando Home Training3.89 miles away4251 Mariner Blvd Spring Hill Florida 34609Dialysis Stations: 1 (352) 686-2755
- Home Dialysis Services North Tampa, LLC7.17 miles away7187 Broad Street Brooksville Florida 34601Dialysis Stations: 2 (352) 848-3689
- Brooksville Dialysis7.33 miles away7326 Broad St Brooksville Florida 34601Dialysis Stations: 16 (352) 540-6185
- Bayonet Point - Hudson Kidney Ctr15.63 miles away14144 Nephron Ln Hudson Florida 34667Dialysis Stations: 16 (727) 863-5459
- Physicians Dialysis - Hudson15.77 miles away14153 Yosemite Dr Ste 102 Hudson Florida 34667Dialysis Stations: 8 (727) 862-0603