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Palms Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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3370 Nw 47th Terrace,
Fort Lauderdale FL 33319

(954) 733-5694

93% estimated occupancy 1

Palms Care Center is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which is among the largest cities in the country. This turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. Even in a city of 19 other nursing homes, this facility stood out. This facility was also given impressive scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it an A- in this area. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Turning to our third area, this nursing home also earned a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The last category we scored is nursing. This nursing home was awarded an above average nursing rating in our assessment, with a B. This nursing home truly didn't have any weaknesses. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in determining our rating in this area. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Palms Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Palms Care Center, 9.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Palms Care Center, 1.19% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often associated with poor nursing care. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Palms Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Palms Care Center, 22.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Palms Care Center, 5.37% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Palms Care Center, 100% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Palms Care Center, 4.96% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Palms Care Center, 10.31% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Palms Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Palms Care Center, 10.31% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Palms Care Center, 8.74% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Palms Care Center, 92.3% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients 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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