Sylvan Health Center is located in Clearwater, Florida, a city with a population of 172,247 people. We gave this facility a phenomenal overall rating of A+. Consequently, it is among the better facilities in Clearwater. This is an impressive achievement since the city has some very good nursing homes. Even in a city featuring 14 nursing homes, this facility looks like a great option. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
Sylvan Health Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
2770 Regency Oaks Blvd,
Clearwater FL 33759
53.33% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors did not 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.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home was superb in our short-term care category. We gave them an exemplary grade of A+ in this category. Short-term care grades are commonly used to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home is substantially above average in terms of its quantity of both registered nurse and physical therapy hours available to its residents. It supplied approximately one and a half times as much care per patient from both of these groups of skilled professionals than the average nursing home provided. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in the nation with 74.6 percent of its residents returning home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home performed well in our long-term care rating also. We awarded them a dominant grade of A+ in this category. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the well above average quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were pleased by the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.43 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was middle of the road due to it having more complicated patients.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its nursing grade. This rounded out a very favorable profile. There are a host of data points included in this grade. Many of the criteria relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home provided 5.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is among the higher 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. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sylvan Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sylvan Health Center, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sylvan Health Center, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who sustained falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sylvan Health Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a UTI. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sylvan Health Center, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sylvan Health Center, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sylvan Health Center, 2.43% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sylvan Health Center, 95.03% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sylvan Health Center, 13.16% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sylvan Health Center, 18.15% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Sylvan Health Center, 1.59 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sylvan Health Center, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sylvan Health Center, 9.19 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Sylvan Health Center, 77.65% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Clearwater, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- 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
Looking for more options? Clearwater, Florida has 13 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Mease Countryside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.29 miles away3231 Mcmullen Booth Rd Safety Harbor Florida 34695Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 734-6950
- Mease Dunedin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.87 miles away601 Main St Dunedin Florida 34698Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 733-1111
- Morton Plant HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.81 miles away300 Pinellas St Clearwater Florida 33756Voluntary non-profit - Private(727) 462-7000
- Largo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.44 miles away201 14th St Sw Largo Florida 33770Proprietary(727) 588-5200
- Adventhealth North PinellasAcute Care Hospitals 9.67 miles away1395 S Pinellas Ave Tarpon Springs Florida 34689Voluntary non-profit - Other(727) 942-5000
- Northside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.62 miles away6000 49th St N Saint Petersburg Florida 33709Proprietary(813) 521-5000
- St Petersburg General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.95 miles away6500 38th Ave N Saint Petersburg Florida 33710Proprietary(727) 384-1414
- Adventhealth CarrollwoodAcute Care Hospitals 13.55 miles away7171 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa Florida 33614Voluntary non-profit - Church(813) 932-2222
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma - Clearwater1.42 miles away26338 Us Hwy 19 N Clearwater Florida 33761CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 723-8123
- Fresenius Kidney Care-Dunedin2.62 miles away1121 Overcash Drive Suite A Dunedin Florida 34698Dialysis Stations: 24 (727) 733-1112
- Gulf Breeze Dialysis Center2.84 miles away1519 Main Street Dunedin Florida 34698Dialysis Stations: 25 (727) 738-4425
- Rai-Us 19 North-Clearwater3.91 miles away29296 Us Hwy 19 N #1 Clearwater Florida 33761CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (727) 785-9036
- Fkc - Belleair Dialysis Center5.67 miles away617 Lakeview Road Suite B Clearwater Florida 33756CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (727) 441-8590
- Fmc - Belleair Home Therapies5.67 miles away617 Lakeview Rd Suite C Clearwater Florida 33756Dialysis Stations: 2 (727) 441-2913
- Rai Care Centers - Clearwater5.75 miles away1057 S Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater Florida 33756CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (727) 441-1608
- Renviva Dialysis Center of Clearwater, LLC5.75 miles away401 Corbett Suite 250 Clearwater Florida 33756Dialysis Stations: 2 (727) 281-4490