Villa Health & Rehabilitation Center

Villa Health & Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Deland, Florida, a city with 61,526 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average marks in most areas. We found this nursing home to be better than most of the nursing homes in Deland, which has a city grade of B. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections were nearly flawless. Inspection ratings are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility fared well in our long-term care category. As a result, we gave it a grade of A for that area, which is one of our most elite grades. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. On top of providing very impressive levels of nursing care, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.74811 percent of its residents. This statistic is also significantly better than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is far more care than what is provided by most facilities. Finally, 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 minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Switching gears to the next category, this facility was given an acceptable short-term care score. While this isn't quite as elite as many of its other category grades, this is really nothing to be ashamed of. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 43.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.