St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center is in Saint Augustine, Florida. This nursing home is a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. This nursing home definitely has plenty going for it. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in our long-term care category, where it received a grade of A. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.75124 percent of its patients, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an B+. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. The nursing rating weighs several factors. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our final category, this nursing home received an acceptable short-term care rating. Although this isn't as elite as some of its other category grades, this is truly not a poor grade. In our short-term care assessment, we attempt to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 12.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.44% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 19.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 99.42% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 14.27% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 14.27% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.14% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St Augustine Health and Rehabilitation Center, 64.22% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Saint Augustine, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Saint Augustine, Florida has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Flagler HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.15 miles away400 Health Park Blvd Saint Augustine Florida 32086Voluntary non-profit - Private(904) 819-4426
Nearby Dialysis
- Saint Augustine Dialysis0.83 miles away264 Southpark Cir E Saint Augustine Florida 32086CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (904) 808-0445
- Fresenius Kidney Care St Augustine South1.21 miles away65 Whitehall Dr Saint Augustine Florida 32086Dialysis Stations: 14 (904) 797-3600
- Fmc Dialysis Services - Saint Augustine1.83 miles away1680 Osceola Elementary Road Suite B Saint Augustine Florida 32084Dialysis Stations: 17 (904) 824-6191