Timberridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
9848 Sw 110th St, Ocala FL 34481 · (352) 854-8200 · 73.72% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Timberridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Ocala, Florida, a city with a total of 207,224 people. This facility is among the highest-graded facilities we found. This nursing home received one of the highest grades we offer. This facility turned out to be one of the better facilities in Ocala, which has a good selection of facilities. Headlining this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 180 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also earned nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home received a strong score of A in our long-term care category. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the well above average level of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the nursing home's vaccination statistics. For example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.560974 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.73 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our next area, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a very strong grade. In computing our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is generally a useful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 56.2 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
In our last area, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent nursing score, with an A-. This topped off an elite report card. Our nursing score is based on many data points. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which was among the higher totals we found. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Timberridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better