Springwood Center is a senior living facility located in Sarasota, Florida, which has 232,625 people. This nursing home was given an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. Keep in mind that Sarasota received a far more impressive city grade of B+, so you should definitely consider other options in the city. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Springwood Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Springwood Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. The nursing score is based on many subcategories, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the number of hours of care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also didn't rate terribly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we gave it a B- for that category, which turned out to be among its higher grades. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
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Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this facility a grade of C for its long-term care grade, which isn't too bad of a score. In the category of long-term care, we focus on the amount of services offered by a facility, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Turning the final category of inspections, this facility fared very poorly. Sadly, it received an F in our inspection rating. For places with poor inspection grades, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This particular nursing home was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Springwood Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Springwood Center, 6.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Springwood Center, 4.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Springwood Center, 0.93% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which have experienced urinary tract infections. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Springwood Center, 13.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Springwood Center, 20.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Springwood Center, 1.52% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Springwood Center, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Springwood Center, 23.29% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Springwood Center, 19.13% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Springwood Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Springwood Center, 19.13% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Springwood Center, 11.8% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Springwood Center, 75.55% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Sarasota, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
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