Brookdale Palmer Ranch is a facility located in Sarasota, Florida, which has a total of 232,625 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is among the most impressive ratings we offer. A grade of this caliber requires superb marks across the board. Even in a city of 23 nursing homes, this facility jumped off the page as a very fine choice. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Brookdale Palmer Ranch
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is frequently a meaningful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 7.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with a score of A. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a score of B+. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The last category we analyzed is nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. This actually proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. This is still not the end of the world. Our nursing rating considers many subcategories. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most other facilities. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning residents more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookdale Palmer Ranch Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 9.08% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which have pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 2.82% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that experienced urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 10.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 21.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 2.33% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 94.94% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 13.07% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 16.78% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is critical to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 1.76 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 16.78 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 9.16 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brookdale Palmer Ranch, 78.49% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Sarasota, FL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Dialysis
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