Brighton Gardens of Tampa
16702 North Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa FL 33618 · (813) 908-2333 · 66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Brighton Gardens of Tampa is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Tampa, Florida with a population of 717,255 people. This nursing home received an A- overall, which is very good score. Even in a city with 18 nursing homes, this facility stood out. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 45 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Remarkably, this nursing home provides about 50% more services from physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is a very favorable sign. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Florida in this area with 68.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 5.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its residents suffering falls resulting in major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility Florida.
Facility Inspections
Adding yet another impressive category grade, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care, in which this facility was given a grade of B-. This proved to be this nursing home's worst area. This is still nothing to be ashamed of. With our long-term care score, we focus more on the volume of services offered by a nursing home, as well as a few qualitative measures. On top of offering above average levels of nursing care, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 3.37 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this figure is somewhat concerning, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brighton Gardens of Tampa Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better