Susanna Wesley Health Center
5300 W 16th Avenue, Hialeah FL 33012 · (305) 556-3500 · 89.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Susanna Wesley Health Center is a nursing home in Hialeah, Florida which has 347,944 people. This nursing home was given an overall rating of A+. Indeed, this is actually one of the three highest graded facilities in the city. We really can not say enough favorable things about this place. This nursing home also received consistently good grades in each of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the impressive volume of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the facility's record for vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. The last datapoint we looked at was the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 2.86 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this category, this number may be skewed for some facilities based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the rare places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. There are numerous factors within this category. Many of the factors relate to staffing levels. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any facility in the country in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated ended up being this facility's poorest category. Nevertheless, even its lowest point would be a strength for most nursing homes. In fact, we gave it a strong grade of B for our short-term care category. Short-term care scores are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this facility's strengths is it provides more than an hour of care per day from registered nurses per resident. This is the gold standard for this metric, as it's about 50% higher than the average facility's level of registered nurse staffing. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 43 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home rather than remaining at the facility permanently.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Susanna Wesley Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that 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
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better