Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We gave this nursing home a B overall, which is a quality score. We were equally impressed that Fort Lauderdale received a B+ city grade, making this a great place to find a nursing home. This nursing home definitely has plenty of good features. This nursing home was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this facility performed well overall is it fared well in the category of inspections, with a B+ in that category. It outperformed most facilities in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating is primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our higher scores in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.834435 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in that category. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.32% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients which had a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 27.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 21.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2.64% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 99.76% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 7.11% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.96% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.96% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.84% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Sunrise Health & Rehabilitation Center, 83.71% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Fort Lauderdale, 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
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- Broward Health Coral SpringsAcute Care Hospitals 6.15 miles away3000 Coral Hills Dr Pompano Beach Florida 33065Government - Hospital District or Authority(954) 344-3000
- Plantation General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.25 miles away401 Nw 42nd Ave Fort Lauderdale Florida 33317Voluntary non-profit - Private(954) 587-5010
- Northwest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.59 miles away2801 N State Rd 7 Pompano Beach Florida 33063Proprietary(954) 974-0400
- Cleveland Clinic HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.95 miles away3100 Weston Rd Fort Lauderdale Florida 33331Voluntary non-profit - Private(954) 689-5000
- Broward Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.31 miles away1600 S Andrews Ave Fort Lauderdale Florida 33316Government - Hospital District or Authority(954) 355-4400
- Holy Cross HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.4 miles away4725 N Federal Hwy Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308Voluntary non-profit - Church(954) 771-8000
- Memorial Hospital PembrokeAcute Care Hospitals 10.7 miles away7800 Sheridan St Hollywood Florida 33024Government - Hospital District or Authority(954) 962-9650
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Inverrary Dialysis2.04 miles away4984 N University Drive Fort Lauderdale Florida 33351Dialysis Stations: 20 (954) 748-1659
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- Pine Island Kidney Center2.68 miles away1871 N Pine Island Rd Fort Lauderdale Florida 33322Dialysis Stations: 20 (954) 916-8958
- Tamarac Artificial Kidney Center2.7 miles away7140 W Mcnab Rd Fort Lauderdale Florida 33321CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (954) 720-5336
- Fmc - Plantation3.42 miles away849 N Nob Hill Rd Fort Lauderdale Florida 33324Dialysis Stations: 19 (954) 382-0151
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- Florida Kidney Center3.98 miles away7309 West Oakland Park Blvd Fort Lauderdale Florida 33319CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (954) 578-7678
- Ft Lauderdale Dixie Dialysis4.09 miles away1299 East Commercial Blvd #100 Fort Lauderdale Florida 33334CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (954) 776-6056