Sunnyside Nursing Home
5201 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota FL 34232 · (941) 371-2729 · 87.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Sunnyside Nursing Home is a small non-profit nursing home in Sarasota, Florida. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home number 208 in the country. This puts it in the top two percentile of all nursing homes. Even in a city featuring 23 nursing homes, this facility is appealing. As you can see below, this facility performed equally well in our category ratings. We gave it a straight A report card!
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing score is mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are very impressed by both of these statistics. On top of providing impressive levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in Florida in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a grade of of A+ for its short-term care grade. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. This is definitely an encouraging sign. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 62.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, making it one of the few of facilities to be given four A+'s. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of elite nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination records was first-rate as well. Indeed, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This combination proved to be successful as this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.11 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sunnyside Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better