Bartow Center
2055 E Georgia St, Bartow FL 33830 · (863) 533-0578 · 90.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Bartow Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Bartow, Florida. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber typically indicates a few concerning datapoints. At the end of the day, we would struggle to recommend this place. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent grade in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. Nursing scores are largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a C in this category. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 38 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst area is long-term care, which is the last area we assessed. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of just D. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.492386 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. We were far less impressed with the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 2.99 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is nearly twice the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bartow Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better