University East Rehabilitation Center
991 E New York Ave, Deland FL 32724 · (386) 734-9083 · 71.6% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
University East Rehabilitation Center is located in Deland, Florida. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of F. Based on our analysis, this facility likely isn't a good fit for anyone. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 56 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable short-term care score this year. We gave it a B- in that category, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we can find for this nursing home. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to create a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. We were extremely impressed to find that this facility offers its patients substantially more physical therapist staffing than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home excelled in nursing, where it earned an D. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. To pair with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average nursing home.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to point out this place's inspection score where it received an F. For places that received this poor of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more severe categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by CMS had the potential to cause actual harm to patients. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place received significant government fines totaling over $100,000. This generally indicates that a facility's poor track record has been an issue for more than one year.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in that category. Facilities that don't score well in this category often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated only 73.5849 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.64 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
University East Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better