West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which is among the largest cities in the nation. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable score. This nursing home definitely has plenty working in its favor. Fortunately, this place didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home performed even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it an A for this area, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection scores are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
Building on its impressive resume, this facility also excelled in the category of nursing. We awarded it an B for that category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the third category, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. After we finished assessing the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.82609 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a C. Short-term care grades are commonly used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 3.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 11.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 0.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 0.58% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have had a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 10.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 17.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 93.77% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 15.33% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 16.1% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 16.1% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 3.16% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In West Broward Rehabilitation and Healthcare, 69.44% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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