University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a large nursing home located in Miami, Florida. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is among the highest ratings we offer. A grade of this caliber requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the country. This nursing home also received phenomenal scores in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Long-term Care Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also performed well in long-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.7619 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. The nursing rating assesses several subcategories, but the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures 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 facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning residents more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
In our last area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our short-term care grade. This topped off a very favorable profile. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess 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 nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 3.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.29% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.94% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 99.88% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 7.78% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 8.56% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 8.56% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 4.62% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In University Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 87.18% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
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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