Tri-County Nursing Home
7280 Sw State Rd 26, Trenton FL 32693 · (352) 463-1222 · 93.95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Tri-County Nursing Home is an average-sized facility located in Trenton, Florida. It looks like this nursing home is one of the best nursing homes we looked at. Receiving an A+ in our rating system requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the country. We also gave this facility strong scores in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 81 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After assessing the significant amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this nursing home, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.98 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most facilities due to it having more complex patients.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. Our inspection ratings are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is short-term care. Adding to its strong profile, this facility also excelled in that area. In fact, we gave it a of A in that area. Short-term care grades are often used to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. It performed as well as just about any nursing home in the country with 56.6 percent of its residents returning home. Most places are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Nurse Quality
In our final category, this nursing home also was given an impressive nursing rating, with a grade of A-. This rounded out a first-rate report card. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any facility Florida in this category. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and having a policy of moving residents even once per day.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Tri-County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients which had a fall resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients that have experienced a urinary tract infection. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better