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Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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1620 Helvenston St Se,
Live Oak FL 32064

(386) 362-7860

88.16% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Live Oak, Florida. This facility was given an alarming overall grade based on the data we looked at. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Live Oak. The city has just two other nursing homes. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection grades are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

We were also surprised to learn that this nursing home received a decent long-term care score in our assessment. We awarded it a grade of B- in that category. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very solid figure. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This place averaged just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last category we scored was short-term care. This nursing home received a rock bottom grade of F in this category. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be more important for those needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. With its grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected here. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 3 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that have experienced a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.17% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 27.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.38% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 99.66% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 12.08% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.74% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.23% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center, 87.93% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lake City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.91 miles away340 Nw Commerce Dr Lake City Florida 32055Proprietary(386) 719-9000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Dialysis Services - Live Oak2.74 miles away10543 Suwannee Plaza Blvd Live Oak Florida 32060Dialysis Stations: 21 (386) 364-6604
  • Fmc-Lake City West16.2 miles away179 Sw Prosperity Place Lake City Florida 32024CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (386) 719-0217
  • Lake City Home Therapies16.25 miles away215 Sw Prosperity Place Suite 101 Lake City Florida 32024Dialysis Stations: 5 (386) 758-2202
  • Columbia County Dialysis19.57 miles away1389 W Us Hwy 90 #100a Lake City Florida 32055Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 292-8989