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Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
Oct 18: CNov 18: CDec 18: CJan 19: CFeb 19: CMar 19: CApr 19: DMay 19: DJun 19: DJul 19: DAug 19: FSep 19: FJan 20: DMar 20: CApr 20: CMay 20: CJun 20: CJul 20: CAug 20: CSep 20: B-Oct 20: CJan 21: CFeb 21: B-Mar 21: B-Apr 21: CMay 21: CJun 21: CJul 21: DAug 21: DSep 21: DOct 21: B-Nov 21: B-Jan 22: CFeb 22: CMar 22: CApr 22: CMay 22: C
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1415 S Hickory St,
Melbourne FL 32901

(321) 723-1321

44.71% estimated occupancy 1

Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center is a senior living facility located in Melbourne, Florida, a city with 139,650 people. Featuring an overall rating of C, this is a decent nursing home. We wanted to point out that Melbourne received a city grade of B, so you may wish to consider other options in the city as well. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Individual

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of this facility's more favorable category scores came in the category of long-term care. This turned out to be its second most favorable category. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home vaccinated 99.64286 percent of its patients, which is an above average statistic. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. We analyzed the levels of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our rating in this area. Based on the data, it looks like this place provides an impressive 3.9 hours per resident each day. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. In determining our grades, we apply more weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Although this place excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in certain subcategories that related to quality. This facility's nursing rating was hurt by poor performance in the area of minimizing pressure ulcers. In fact, we found that 13.9 percent of this nursing home's patients experienced pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home's least impressive category is short-term care, which is the final area we looked at. It received an F in this category. Despite a few solid scores in other areas, this score is still disappointing so we wanted to point it out. With our short-term care grade, we seek to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. As you might expect, we learned that this nursing home offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 41 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.43% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 95.03% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.16% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.15% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.15 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Wave Crest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 77.65% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Scores for Melbourne, FL

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Melbourne, Florida has 9 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Holmes Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.02 miles away1350 S Hickory St Melbourne Florida 32901Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 434-7000
  • Steward Melbourne HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.9 miles away250 North Wickham Road Melbourne Florida 32935Proprietary(321) 752-1200
  • Palm Bay HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.07 miles away1425 Malabar Rd, Ne Palm Bay Florida 32907Proprietary(321) 434-8000
  • Viera HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.91 miles away8745 N Wickham Rd Melbourne Florida 32940Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 434-9000
  • Steward Sebastian River Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.07 miles away13695 Us Hwy 1 Sebastian Florida 32978Proprietary(772) 589-3187
  • Steward Rockledge HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.07 miles away110 Longwood Ave Rockledge Florida 32955Proprietary(321) 637-2603
  • Cape Canaveral HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.63 miles away701 W Cocoa Beach Causeway Cocoa Beach Florida 32932Voluntary non-profit - Private(321) 799-7111

Nearby Dialysis

  • Melbourne Kidney Center0.28 miles away1400 S Apollo Blvd Melbourne Florida 32901CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (321) 724-0461
  • Melbourne Dialysis0.89 miles away2235 South Babcock St Melbourne Florida 32901Dialysis Stations: 16 (321) 956-6252
  • Fmc - Brevard Home Therapies3.89 miles away2200 W Eau Gallie Blvd #202a Melbourne Florida 32935Dialysis Stations: 4 (321) 259-1181
  • Renal Care Group - Brevard3.95 miles away1355 Palm Bay Rd Palm Bay Florida 32905Dialysis Stations: 20 (321) 768-9801
  • Palm Bay Kidney Center5.88 miles away220 Medplex Pkwy Ne Palm Bay Florida 32907CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (321) 722-2709
  • Fmc - Palm Bay7.13 miles away450 Malabar Rd Se #101 Palm Bay Florida 32907Dialysis Stations: 17 (321) 409-0874
  • Dsi - Viera Dialysis11.51 miles away8041 Spyglass Hill Rd Suite 101 Melbourne Florida 32940Dialysis Stations: 18 (321) 254-4553
  • North Melbourne Dialysis Inc12.94 miles away14 Suntree Place Suite 102 Melbourne Florida 32940Dialysis Stations: 10 (321) 253-9033

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=105207