The Manor at Blue Water Bay is the lone nursing home we found in Niceville, Florida. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the highest-graded nursing homes we found. Being awarded an A+ in our grading scheme requires excellent performance across the board. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you're going to find. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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The Manor at Blue Water Bay
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out the fact that this facility earned near flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given an A+ for its long-term care score. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.9726 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. This facility also received an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to receive more than one A+ category scores. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our next area, this nursing home was awarded an excellent nursing score. We awarded it a grade of A- in that area, giving this facility straight A's. There are a host of criteria within this area. Most of the subcategories relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these data points as good measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Manor at Blue Water Bay Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 6.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 6.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 1.54% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from UTI's. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 12.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 32.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 0% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents showing signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 98.82% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 18.18% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 12.76% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 12.76% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 17.69% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Manor at Blue Water Bay, 72.38% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald CoastAcute Care Hospitals 9.55 miles away7800 Us Hwy 98 W Miramar Beach Florida 32550Voluntary non-profit - Other(850) 278-3600
- Fort Walton Beach Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.31 miles away1000 Mar-Walt Dr Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Proprietary(850) 862-1111
- North Okaloosa Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.44 miles away151 Redstone Ave Se Crestview Florida 32539Voluntary non-profit - Private(850) 689-8100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Niceville4.72 miles away4304 Lancaster Dr Niceville Florida 32578Dialysis Stations: 17 (850) 729-4141
- Renal Care Group - Destin9.62 miles away7720 Us Hwy 98 W Suite 150 Miramar Beach Florida 32550Dialysis Stations: 12 (850) 622-9717
- Rcg - Ft Walton Beach13.41 miles away925 Mar Walt Dr Ste 2 Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 38 (850) 864-4411
- Emerald Coast Dialysis13.45 miles away1112 Hospital Rd Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 864-4850
- Fresenius Kidney Care-East Fort Walton Beach14.02 miles away315 Green Acres Road Fort Walton Beach Florida 32547Dialysis Stations: 16 (850) 314-0035