Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center is a very-large nursing home in Miami, Florida. Featuring an overall score of B, this appears to be a very respectable facility. Even in a city with 35 nursing homes, this nursing home turns out to be a sound option. Fortunately, this place did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home received even higher marks in the area of nursing. In fact, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with a grade of A-. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning patients at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections. In fact, we gave it an B+ for that area, which is one of our best scores. This is one of the few facilities with an overall grade in this range which received multiple category grades this high. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care grades this year. Indeed, we awarded it one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 94.93136 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is short-term care. We awarded it a C in that category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 2.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.48% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.84% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.33% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 22.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 14.37% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 95.25% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.17% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.72% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.72% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.15% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Unity Health and Rehabilitation Center, 51.48% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Miami, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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