St James Health and Rehabilitation Center
239 Crooked River Road, Carrabelle FL 32322 · (850) 697-2020 · 83.22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
St James Health and Rehabilitation Center is located in Carrabelle, Florida, a city with a population of 4,007 people. Sporting an overall score of D, this is a well below average nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Carrabelle. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 90 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that area, which is one of our best scores. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid facilities that have a long list of severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities next best area is long-term care. We gave it a C in this area. This is basically a slightly below average score in this area. Our long-term care ratings are more critical for patients in need of more traditional services related to activities of daily living. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.44 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
We were surprised to find that this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing. We gave it an impressive grade of D for that category, which is one of our highest scores. The nursing score is based on several components, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its weak nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this measure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is short-term care. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to find that this place is well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 40.7 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St James Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who had falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better