The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City is one of only three nursing homes in Lake City, Florida. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable grade. This nursing home definitely has plenty going for it. This facility also received phenomenal ratings in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
This facility received a quality overall grade as described above, but we especially would like to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave it an impressive grade of A in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. It doesn't appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.62406 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed was short-term care. This nursing home was given a favorable short-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in the category. Our short-term care grades are meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed is nursing. We gave this facility one of our higher scores in that category, with a grade of B. This facility proved to be relatively strong in each category we looked at. The nursing rating analyzes a handful of components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 13.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 3.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 1.23% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 4.37% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 2.86% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 99.45% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 17.7% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 7.48% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 7.48% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks 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 abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 17.62% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Rehabilitation Center of Lake City, 93.32% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lake City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.9 miles away340 Nw Commerce Dr Lake City Florida 32055Proprietary(386) 719-9000
- Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.14 miles away368 Ne Franklin St Lake City Florida 32055Voluntary non-profit - Private(386) 292-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc-Lake City West0.09 miles away179 Sw Prosperity Place Lake City Florida 32024CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (386) 719-0217
- Lake City Home Therapies0.15 miles away215 Sw Prosperity Place Suite 101 Lake City Florida 32024Dialysis Stations: 5 (386) 758-2202
- Columbia County Dialysis3.68 miles away1389 W Us Hwy 90 #100a Lake City Florida 32055Dialysis Stations: 16 (386) 292-8989
- Bma - Lake City4.8 miles away1445 Sw Main Blvd Ste 120 Lake City Florida 32025Dialysis Stations: 25 (386) 755-4990
- Fmc Dialysis Services - Live Oak17.37 miles away10543 Suwannee Plaza Blvd Live Oak Florida 32060Dialysis Stations: 21 (386) 364-6604