Bradenton Health Care

Bradenton Health Care is an average-sized facility located in Bradenton, Florida. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. Even in a city with 11 other nursing homes, this one ought to be a perfectly acceptable selection. This facility was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

One of the reasons this place is a quality facility is that it earned an impressive inspection score. Inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is better than what is offered by most facilities. Finally, this facility also excelled in several quality measures we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Florida in this category.

The third category we looked at was short-term care. This facility was awarded an above average short-term care grade, with a grade of B in this area. With our short-term care category, we strive to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 43.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home rather than remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

The final area we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home was given a grade of B- in the category. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of providing above average levels of nurse staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.64158 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. This combination proved to be successful as this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.59 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.